BANGLADESH has one of the largest buffalo populations in South Asia.
However, with modernization of farming techniques, the venerable buffalo is
no longer the mainstay on our fields. The recent discovery of the complete
genome of the water buffalo by two institutions, Lal Teer Livestock and
Beijing Genomics Institute has however opened up a whole set of new
possibilities for this animal. It is now wholly possible to develop superior
breeds of buffalo, with the potential of inducting them as dairy animals for
milk production or to repopulate livestock population. We wholly welcome
this latest discovery in the field of genetics.
The importance of the buffalo cannot be understated. Though only 30 per cent
of the cattle population is buffalo, the animal contributes 60 per cent of
total milk production in the country. Meat and protein are both vital
proteins for the general population. Having access to the gene pool of the
buffalo could open up new research to repopulation of the water buffalo.
Looking beyond the protein factor, there are significant economic gains to
be made from such discovery. Needless to say, the private sector which is
now heavily involved in commercial farming and dairy will be hugely
interested in making required investments in further research and
development to develop superior breeds. It is of paramount importance that
this discovery is patented immediately, which once gotten could earn
significant royalty when used internationally. One cannot forget that India
earns somewhere in the vicinity of US$2billion in annual royalty from
patents.
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It is a exciting time in the Buffalo World. There's a tremendous amount of scientific research being done World-wide.
Many avenues of progress through-out the developing world and within the breeds themselves. Here we present a small
part of the recent data and news in the Water Buffalo Community.
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Venezuela - Next Congress - November 21-24, 2023
12th Water Buffalo Congress - Istanbul, Turkey 9-18-20-2019
Australian Buffalo Newsletter - April 2018
Scientists unveil the Water Buffalo Genome - 10-27-2017
Australian Buffalo Newsletter October,2017
Video Clip of Raising Buffalo in New Jersey
Salisbury farm tackles water buffalo milk cheeses
Buffalo Bulletin Vol.35 No.2 (June 2016) is available at http://ibic.lib.ku.ac.th/e-Bulletin
American Water Buffalo Association - check it out!
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Dear Colleagues
Yesterday was a very amazing day for buffalo lovers.
Buffalo milk competition organized by the Punjab Government and Buffalo Breeders
Association culminated at Buffalo Research Institute (BRI) Pattoki (District
Kasur). Animal shows start after the winter andcontinue till the harsh
summer takes over. Hundreds of animals participated for beauty and milk
competition in this buffalo show . There are very precise rules for the show.
For example, no letdown injections and no milk enhancing (injectables) allowed
etc etc. Only high producingb uffaloes participate in milk competition.
Generally if a buffalo produces morethan 24litres a day (at home) is prepared
for the show to produce above 30 litres a day at the show. Milk competition
lasts for 72 hours. Milking is at 12-hr interval; first two mikings for
emptying the udders and last three milkings for actual milkings. The last record
for this show was 47.2 litres (in 36-hrs) set by a buffalo from Multan.
Best regards
M. Sajjad Khan- Professor- University of Agriculture
Faisalabad, Pakistan Email: drsajjad2@yahoo.com
Cloning Buffalo -- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Meet-Swarupa-the-cloned-calf-thats-raised-milk-hopes/articleshow/48841106.cms
Top India Bull - - http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31107115
The Animal of the Future - Now
By - Alcides de Amorim Ramos (9/12/2014)
Buffalo -- The Light Protein Solution for the 3rd Millennium.
A high proportion of premature adult deaths (35%) can be
attributed to cardiovascular illnesses and diabetes.
Buffalo food products aid in the prevention of degenerative
illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, free radicals, obesity, etc.
In order to classified as "light", a product must have
25% fewer calories -- buffalo is
actually "super light" protein because it has
55% fewer calories than ox (beef).
The concept of good nutrition has been forgotten. Hippocrates said
2-1/2 thousand years ago that 90% of human illnesses "come from the mouth"; that's still true today.
When cooking buffalo meat, always apply high heat first to force a
contraction of the channels and avoid dehydration.
After this heat can be reduced to
continue cooking. Do not apply salt
just prior to cooking as this pulls out juices and dehydrates the meat.
Either salt buffalo well in advance of cooking to let it
absorb properly (which helps meat reabsorb moisture) or season the meat
after cooking.
The biggest mistake made in education today is that teachers do
not teach human nutrition to students. "In
the truth, we learn to better feed our pigs
than our children."
After the nuclear accident in Chernobyl, in the old Soviet Union,
buffalo milk was the food that more quickly eliminated radioactivity residues, as so is considered a strategic food in the case of nuclear
catastrophes.
Cooperbúfalo. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
A cooperative effort to organize the production chain of the water
buffalo industry, working in production,
transport, storage, processing and marketing of buffalo products and associated
services.
http://cooperbufalo-rs.com.br/
Water buffaloes -- Good for the pocket (economical), good for the heart (health), good for the planet (environment).
November 2016 - www.wbc2916.net
The WBC will take place in the beautiful city of Cartagena de Indias, one of the most antiques cities of Colombia.
http://internationalbuffalofed.org/8th-buffalo-symposium-americas-europe/
Asian Water Buffalo Congress -- Istanbul, Turkey - April 21-25, 2015
8th Asian Buffalo Congress, which will be held in
Istanbul, Turkey during 21st
- 25th April 2015. The ABC 2015 is expected
to provide a bridge between East and West that addresses key issues relevant to
Water Buffalo production, the research and science communities, national and
international regulatory bodies, policymakers and consumer organizations. (www.abc2015.org)
The theme of the ABC 2015 - Sustainable production in the global economic
world. Scientific topics include;
• Physiology
• Reproduction
• Health
• Meat and meat products
• Milk and milk products
• Nutrition/Feeding
• Genetic/Breeding
• Draft power/Sustainable production
• Socio-economic
• Management
In addition to the main congress, there will be the Pre-Congress
Workshop on “Reproductive
Biotechnology in Buffalo” during 19th - 20th
April 2015.
However, we welcome additional perspectives in submitted abstracts for oral
and poster presentations. The Scientific Committee will review all abstracts and
those which meet the scientific quality of reviewing will be selected for oral
presentation. Abstracts submitted to the congress will be published in E-Book of
Abstract and will be available online at Asian Buffalo Congress web site.
Water Buffalo Milk Production - Iran
Water Buffalo Milk Production - Romania
VII Symposium of the Europe and Americas - San Jose, Costa Rica - May 5-6, 2014
IBF - Training Course On Buffalo Management and Industry -
Latina, Italy - June 16-27, 2014
Some Highlights from the Extensive Course covering all Aspects of the Buffalo Industry
of Italy. Extremely well organized by the Professional staff who were very generous
with their time and knowledge!
Buffalo International Conference 2013
“Buffalo and human welfare”
Faculty of Animal Science, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia, 4-5 Nov. 2013
Indonesia Hasanuddin University of Makassar,
South Sulawesi, organized a Buffalo InternationalConference on November 4-5, 2013 on the theme “Buffalo and human welfare”. Prof. Asmuddin Natsir,
the President of the Buffalo International Conference, on November, welcomed all the
delegates coming from many countries, underlining the pivotal role of buffalo in several communities
of Indonesia as producer of milk, meat and draft, particularly in Tana Toraja where spotted buffalo is in high
demand and in expensive cost for the link with traditional culture and ceremonies. Prof. Syamsuddin Hasan,
the Dean of Faculty of Animal Science in Makassar, showed the activity of his University and confirmed that the main
goal of the Conference is to find strategic solutions to develop buffalo population in Indonesia, as buffalo is
one of the main meat sources after beef, but buffalo population dramatically decreased in last years.
Dr. Rusman Heriawan, Vice Minister of Agriculture, expressed the problem of buffalo population decreasing,
as one million head disappeared in ten years (1995-2005), in 2011 there were 1.3 million buffaloes in Indonesia,
today buffaloes are less than one million. He asked why, as Indonesia is emerging country with 250 million people,
asking more food including high quality beef. The first presentation, in Plenary Session 1, was by
Prof. Antonio Borghese (Italy), who gave as gift his new book “Buffalo Livestock and Products” to
Prof. Asmuddin Natsir and to Prof. Suhubdy, who invited him to the Conference. Afterwards prof. Borghese
replied to the Vice Minister that buffalo population in Indonesia decreased because of no national plan was
effected for development of buffalo, suggesting to create a National Buffalo Research Centre,
involving all the Indonesian scientist working in the field, apply the crossbreeding with dairy
purpose breed to spread out the milk and meat market, as Swamp animals have no economic
future with the increase of mechanization, as he proposed to Indonesia Authorities from 2004.
Prof. Borghese, in his presentation, showed the same phenomenon in Europe, where countries as
Italy increased buffalo population, products and market, creating a dairy purpose breed as
Mediterranean Italian, producing until 5000 litres milk in 270 days of lactation, that are quite all
processed in mozzarella cheese, luxurious and well paid product in the international market. On
the contrary, other countries as Romania, Hungary, Greece, Macedonia, where buffalo was
a draft animal producing only 800 litres milk for lactation, looked at the drastic decreasing of
population as mechanization took away the function to buffalo, until the real risk of
extinction of the species in these countries. The solution is to apply the crossbreeding with
Mediterranean Italian to produce again an economic buffalo with dairy purpose capacities.
Dr. Oswin Perera (Sri Lanka) underlined as buffalo is a multi-purpose animal, providing in
Asia milk, meat, draught power and manure for crop agriculture, surviving in stressful
environments, feeding poor quality forages. He said that anyway is possible to introduce
improved technologies to smallholders farmers in breeding, reproduction and nutrition.
Prof. Yasuhiro Kawamoto (Japan) showed the reality of buffalo population in Okinawa (91
head) used to draw carts to take the visitors from one island to another one.
Prof. Suhubdy (University of Mataram, Indonesian Buffalo Information Centre) spoke
about the obstacles, opportunities and challenges of buffalo production and research in Indonesia.
Considerable developmental strategies were formulated in order to improve buffalo
population and products.
Prof. Baharuddin Tappa (Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Bogor, Indonesia) presented the major
reproductive problems affecting buffalo as late maturity, long postpartum anoestrus, poor
expression of oestrus, poor conception rates, long calving intervals. He showed reproduction
technologies to increase pregnancy rate and fertility. The Plenary Session 2, on November 5,
was open by Dr. Libertado Cruz (Director of the Philippine Carabao Center), who spoke about the
possibility and the convenience to transform Asia Swamp buffaloes to important producers of milk
and meat. He showed the long experience in the Philippine Carabao Center, where Bulgarian and
Indian Murrah, Nili Ravi and Mediterranean Italian animals and semen were imported to
apply wide-scale crossbreeding on Philippine Swamp buffaloes and backcrossing generation
after generation. The new buffaloes produce more milk and meat and benefit millions of
farming families. Dr. Hamidreza Naderfard (National Animal Breeding Center, Iran)
explained the role of buffalo to develop rural areas, not only in economic terms, but also for
cultural and social problems. Prof. Toban Batosamma (Hasanuddin University, Makassar)
spoke about the social aspects of spotted buffalo for Torajan culture. Many buffaloes are normally
slaughtered during the burial ceremony by the Torajan people for the believed purpose of
keeping the spirits at peace and to ensure the spirits safety in the afterworld. The cost of
spotted buffalo is very high, sustaining a rich local economy. Dr. Winugroho (Indonesian
Research Institute for Animal Production, Ciawi) presented the problems of feed availability to
support buffalo development in Indonesia. Afterwards oral presentations followed and a
round table was organized to discuss the future strategies in Indonesia to support buffalo
development and products.
A Committee was created with Prof. Borghese, Dr. Cruz, Prof. Suhubdy, Prof. Asmuddin Natsir,
Prof. Baharuddin Tappa and other scientists, to formulate recommendations to the Ministry of
Agriculture to resolve the declining of buffalo population as following:
1, to found the Indonesia Buffalo Centre in Sunbawa;
2, to establish a National and autonomic Regency of the Centre with a large Committee;
3, National buffalo projects will be presented by the Centre;
4, the Indonesian Buffalo Association and the Regency will be linked to the International Buffalo Federation;
5, the Makassar declaration will be written and pursued.
Prof. Antonio Borghese
IRAQI MICROSALLITES GENETICS STUDY (1)
Showed that, Iraqi buffalo originated in Iraq, not imported from India as Indian theory claimed, and
there are three main clusters: the first one included Basra, Baghdad and Al-Qadisyia, the second
included Kirkuk and Missan while the third included Babylon and Mosul, with the highest
polymorphism.
INDIAN MOLECULAR GENETICS STUDY (2)
Showed that the data are consistent with the available archeological information in supporting the
proposition that the river buffalo was likely to be domesticated in the western Region of the Indian
subcontinent, in addition we found obtained time estimate of 6300 years for the expansion of one set
of heliotypes of the Indian domestic buffalo
.ITALIAN MOLECULAR GENETIC STUDY, (3)
According to results indicate that the introduction of water buffalo breeding and rice farming,
most likely from the Indian subcontinent, only marginal by affected the gene pool of autochthonous
people of the region furthermore, a prevalent middle eastern ancestry of the modern population of the
marshes of southern Iraq implies that if the Marsh Arabs (Ma"dan ) are descendent of ancient
Sumerians, also the Sumerians were most likely autochthonous and not of Indian or south Asian
ancestry.
Conclusions
The Indian and Italian molecular Genetic studies (2,3) supported the archeological theory of Sousa
(12) that our buffalo had Indian subcontinent origin, while recently microsatellites Iraqi Jaayd (1)
theory of Iraqi buffalo originated in Iraq, not imported from India, supporting the two archeological
theories of Cockrill and Zeuner (10,11) but we need phylogeographic study to estimate the duration of
buffalo domestication and the exact home tract that was come from. Still an open question till we will
doing more researches in future.
World milk production has doubled in the last few decades. The last few years have also witnessed a consistent increase in the
organized production of milk and meat from buffalo. Buffalo milk, its dairy derivatives, and buffalo meat, are cherished and
relished by young and old alike. Buffalo farming is now an almost worldwide phenomenon.
Gene secrets now unlocked
Revitalizing livestock a possibility
Published: 12:00 am Saturday, January 25, 2014 - The Daily Star
see more at: Water Buffalo Genome Decoded
Overview of Buffalo Dairy Production By Delaval - Excellent resource
(NaturalNews) The environment, humans and now the cattle raised for food -- the horror that is glyphosate apparently
knows no bounds, as a new study out of Denmark shows that dairy cows everywhere are now being harmed by the
pervasive agricultural poison. According to this latest indictment of the Monsanto-owned chemical, glyphosate,
the primary active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, was identified in 100 percent of urine samples collected
from dairy cows all across Denmark, the health implications of which are immensely sobering for both
the animals and humans.
See Story At: Natural
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Indonesian Water Buffalo Racing: Diversion or Madness?
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Beneficial impact on cardiovascular risk profile of water buffalo meat consumption.
Giordano G, Guarini P, Ferrari P, Biondi-Zoccai G, Schiavone B,
Giordano A.
Angiology Unit, Villa dei Fiori Hospital, Acerra (NA), Italy. ggiord@libero.it
Abstract
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Meat is a good source of proteins and irons, yet
its consumption has been associated with unfavorable cardiovascular
effects. Whether this applies to all types of meat is unclear. We thus
aimed to appraise the impact of water buffalo meat consumption on
cardiovascular risk profile with an observational longitudinal study.
SUBJECTS/METHODS: Several important cardiovascular risk features were
appraised at baseline and at 12-month follow-up in 300 adult subjects
divided in groups: recent consumers of water buffalo meat vs subjects
who had never consumed water buffalo meat. In addition, long-standing
consumers of water buffalo meat were evaluated.
RESULTS: Age, gender, height, body weight, and the remaining diet (with
the exception of cow meat consumption) were similar across groups. From
baseline to follow-up, recent consumers of water buffalo meat change
their intake of water buffalo meat from none to 600+/-107 g per week
(P<0.001), with ensuing reductions in cow meat consumption from
504+/-104 to 4+/-28 (P<0.001). At the end of the study, recent
consumers of water buffalo meat showed a significant decrease in total
cholesterol and triglycerides levels, lower pulse wave velocity, as well
as a more blunted response to oxidative stress from baseline to
follow-up in comparison with subjects who had never consumed water
buffalo meat (all P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Consumption of buffalo meat seems to be associated with
several beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk profile. Awaiting
further randomized clinical trials, this study suggests that a larger
consumption of water buffalo meat could confer significant
cardiovascular benefits, while continuing to provide a substantial
proportion of the recommended daily allowance of protein.
By: Robin Anderson - Buffalo Artist !
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Israel´s Water Buffalo Deemed Kosher
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In Remembrance: Buffalo Fraternity:
Arturo Casali - a industrious promoter and Buffalo enthusiast expanding Buffalo Genetics - World-wide.
Dr. Hugh Popenoe - President of the American Water Buffalo Association
Hugh Popenoe, age 82 of Archer passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2011 in Gainesville.
R.I.P.
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