Researchers in the Philippines say they are close to creating the world's first water buffalo clone to help the nation's impoverished farmers and lower the country's dependency on imported milk ...

The researchers moved 42 schistosome-negative water buffalos to the rice-farming village of Macanip in Leyte, Philippines. At the end of 10 months, they tested 34 surviving water buffalos — the others ...

Water buffalo genome unveiled Date: October 27, 2017 Source: University of Adelaide Summary: Biologists have published the full genome of the water buffalo -- opening the way for improved breeding ...

The researchers sequenced the genome of the River buffalo, which have been selected for milk production through organised breeding programs in Italy, India, the Philippines and Brazil.

The Philippines has imported about 3,500 Bulgarian buffalo, which are descendants of a high-yielding Murrah breed from India, Cruz said.

New Dwarf Buffalo Discovered By Chance In The Philippines Date: October 23, 2006 Source: Field Museum Summary: The fossil of a newly described species of extinct, dwarf water buffalo was found in ...

While large domestic water buffalo stand six feet at the shoulder and can weigh up to 2,000 pounds, B. cebuensis would have stood only two-and-one-half feet and weighed about 350 pounds.

MANILA (Reuters) - Researchers in the Philippines say they are close to creating the world's first clone of a water buffalo that could eventually help raise productivity levels for millions of ...

And breeding buffalos, she says, is easier than imported dairy cows. But it costs $300 a day to operate the 72-hectare farm, which is home to 300 buffalo. A profit, she says, is still a long way away.