Nili-Ravi

Buffalo under a shade of a Pakistani Nature.

The Pakistani buffalo, Indo-Pak Nili-Ravi or the Punjabi Murrah Buffalo is a breed of domestic water buffalo. It is distributed principally in Pakistan and Northern India, and is concentrated in the Punjab (region).[1][2]:69 They are considered as the “National Buffalo of Pakistan” respectively. It is similar to the Murrah breed of buffalo, and is reared mainly for dairy use. The average milk yield is approximately 2000 kg per year; the record yield is 6535 kg in a lactation of 378 days.[2]:69

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References

  1. Transboundary breed: Nili-Ravi. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed March 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bianca Moioli, Antonio Borghese (2005). Buffalo Breeds and Management Systems. In Antonio Borghese (editor) (2005). Buffalo Production and Research. REU Technical Series 67. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Pages: 51–76.