Jafarabadi buffalo is a riverine buffalo that originated in Gujarat, India.[1] It is estimated that there are about 25,000 Jafarabadi buffaloes in the world.[2] It is one of the important buffalo breeds of India and Pakistan.[3] The Jafarabadi buffalo is also the first buffalo breed exported to Brazil,[4] and is also one of the four buffalo breeds raised in Brazil as of 2017, the others being Mediterranean, Murrah and swamp buffalo.[5]
The Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre states that the Jafarabadi buffalo is a hybrid of the African cape buffalo and the Indian water buffalo, the former originally been brought to British India for slaughtering.[6] The Centre notes this to be one of the major reasons for the buffalo's poor semen quality.[6] The hybrid buffalos were widely present in Jafarabad, and were hence named as Jafarabadi buffalo.[6] Jafarabadi buffaloes have heavy heads with fairly large, thick, flat horns, which drop on the sides of the neck and go on upwards till the ears.[7]
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- ↑ The Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - Production and Research{{#if:Presicce|, Presicce}. Bentham Science Publishers(31 March 2017). ISBN 9781681084176
- ↑ The water buffalo of India and Pakistan{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. International Cooperation Administration(1959)
- ↑ Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)(1 January 1999). ISBN 9780734014320
- ↑ Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. CABI(9 March 2016). ISBN 9781845934668
- ↑ The Brazilian Microbiome: Current Status and Perspectives{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Springer(21 September 2017). ISBN 9783319599977
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Indian Science Abstracts. Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre.
- ↑ Cattle and Buffalo Meat Production in the Tropics{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Longman Scientific & Technical(1988). ISBN 9780582608955