Country
Specie
ISO3
MYS
Language
eng.
Description
Water buffalo from India
Transboundary name
Murrah
Other name
Kerbau Sapi Tenusu, Bubalus bubalis, Riverine Buffalo
Breed classification (geographic)
International
Additional information
Murrah buffalo semen imported from Pakistan has been used on the local Malaysian Murrah population.
Additional information comments
There have been recent attempts to increase the Murrah buffalo population by importing stocks from India.
Adaptability to specific environment
Highly adapted to hot, humid, equatorial environment.
Specific resistance or tolerance
Resistant to tropical diseases and parasites.
Specific reproductive characteristic
Good reproductive performance.
Special characteristic of product
Milk contains very high butterfat (7 percent).
Other special qualities
Some local communities value buffalo meat for special dishes such as
Reference for special qualities
Rendang
Efabis genetic features
125
Efabis skin colour
uni colour: black coat, with white markings on tip of tail; skin is black;
Horn shape size and comments
2
Wither height males
2
Wither height females
short, flat horns horns curling backwards, upwards and inwards in spiral form
Weight males
140.00
Weight females
130.00
Other specific visible traits
550
Herdbook
450
Herdbook established
Riverine-buffalo, milk-type, large breed, small head, small-horizontal ears; long-deep-wedge shaped body, well-developed udder, good-sized teats
Domestication status
n
Description of origin
domestic
Year of origin
0
Import
This breed originated from the Indian sub-continent. Animals have been brought in by Indian and Pakistani farmers during the early 20th. century.
Location within country
1900
Local cryo conservation status
Murrah buffalo imported form India since 1900.
Local Risk
Mainly in North-Western part of Peninsula Malaysia
Detailed local risk status
No Material
Regional Transboundary Risk (detailed)
At Risk
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Endangered maintained
