الفهرس | Only 14 pages are availabe for public view |
Abstract Mikaela tiUII HOlTbe’”g and Ole LInd (2003) found that the world’s buffaloes lire classified into two groups - the A ian and the rican, The Asian buff>:,lo is called Bubalns lind consi ts of tl:u:ee pecies>- die anoa of elebes, the tamaro of Miudori and the ami 01 Indian wild buffalo. Bubalns bubalis is the name of the domesticated wild Indian buffalo, previously called B. aruee, There are two general I.Ypes of the domesticated buffalo, B. bubeli > - the river buffalo and the swamp buffalo. The river buffalo bas 50 chromo iomes and die SWlllllp type has 48 the amount of genetic material is ’lie SIlUl in both. They interbreed and produce fertile progeny with 9 chromo ome . The African buffalo L named yncems with a sinale pecies S. caffer, with 11 mall number of sub-species, The African buffalo ha not been domesticated and will [lot be discu sed further. TLJe B. Bnbalis is widely distributed in. Asia. bur it has also been introducedto Europe, ear East, hina, South America, the ronnel’ oviet Uuiou and the aribbeau. The world. population of buffaloes is I 9 million, of these. 1441llillioLllive ill Asia. vel half rhe ’odd- buffalo population i·in India - more than 75 million animals in northern India and Paki tau, buffaloes for milk: production have been selected to a huge extent ( _’Iikaelrl er al 2003). L’Iype of buffaloe al’ound the worl(1 : r.r, wamp buffaloes: The swamp typ is;mo t common in outheast A ill where it i mostly employed a a draught animal. It has derived its name from tile natural |