Genetic evaluation of milking buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis): bull ranking

Marques, Larissa Coelho; McManus, C.; Peripolli, Vanessa; Araújo, Cláudio Vieira de; Matos, Andrew Silva; Costa, Joana; Silva, Caio Santos; Sales, Rodrigo Lima; Júnior, Raimundo Nonato Colares Camargo; Laureano, Monyka Marianna Massolini; Marques, J. R. F.

doi:10.1590/1678-4162-10819

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“…Since then, the Amazonian buffaloes have been selected to be more productive (Marques et al 2019a), long-lived, and very docile. They have consistently achieved high reproductive and productive efficiency, with a capacity to properly use the available territory and to transform low-quality roughage into products of high aggregated value (Batista et al 1982).…”

Section: History Of Water Buffalo In the Amazon Regionmentioning

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Water buffalo production in the Brazilian Amazon Basin: a review

Silva

Garcia²,

Almeida³

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The Brazilian Amazon has witnessed, in the last decades, an increase in the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) inventory, with interesting productivity results. As the Brazilian Amazon contains the main water buffalo population in the Americas, the aim of this work is to review its most relevant production systems and some peculiarities about meat and milk production in this territory. The opening section describes the Amazon Basin, the most common water buffalo breeds, a brief history of the local livestock farming beginning in 1644. Also, it presents how water buffaloes gradually replaced bovine herds, especially where the latter had a lower productive performance. The use of extensive or more intensified models is pointed out and the ecosystems in which buffaloes are raised are detailed since native or cultivated pastures can be used in floodplains or drylands. Buffalo raising is favored in the Amazon due to the climate, soil, genetic variability of forages, animal adaptability, and physical space. Thus, it is clear that buffaloes have a high potential for meat and milk production and are an alternative in the use of altered areas of the Amazon; and, in the recent past, the low profitability of buffalo farming in traditional production systems in the Amazon was the reason which made this activity economically unattractive. Most recent technologies as outdoor confinements and silvopastoral systems are pointed out as more suitable regarding land-use policies, and buffalo farming for meat and milk production fits perfectly in this context, with productivity and beneficial socioeconomic.

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Section: History Of Water Buffalo In the Amazon Regionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water buffalo production in the Brazilian Amazon Basin: a review

Silva

Garcia²,

Almeida³

et al. 2021

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“…The reduction in the genetic variability of these populations, in addition to the common origin, is a further point of convergence between the purebred individuals from tropical herds of bovine and buffalo species in Brazil (Marcondes et al, 2014). Since the last importation of animals from India in 1962, both in Brazil and India, breeding animal selection programs have been developed, aiming at genetic improvement to increase milk productivity (Marques et al, 2019), as well as meat quality (Cassiano et al, 2004;Canozzi et al, 2016).…”

Section: Cattle and Buffalo Herd Formation In Brazil And Its Impact Omentioning

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Genetic material from buffalo and cattle: crucial importance in the formalization of bilateral trade between India and Brazil

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The trade in live animals between India and Brazil dates from the late nineteenth century when European travellers traded animals of Indian origin for display in zoos. Considering the origin of coffee and sugar cane, as well as the expertise related to mineral evaluation, we need to consider that India was involved in important economic cycles of Brazil, even indirectly. This virtuous flow of trade has been maintained and intensified throughout modern history, especially after these two nations gained political independence from their colonisers, thereby becoming independent in mercantile affairs. This paper addresses the main points related to the use of animals of Indian origin in Brazil. We revisit some of the historical aspects of the process of colonisation of Brazil, as well as the importation of animals from India. The restrictions imposed on this process due to the occurrence of diseases in cattle and buffalo in India will be examined. At the end of the text, emphasis will be given to the risks of introducing exotic diseases into Brazil.

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