The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo 'Bubalus bubalis' .
Buffalo are used as draft, meat, and dairy animals. Their dung is used as a fertilizer and as a fuel when dried.
True wild water buffalo are thought to survive in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Thailand.
The rumen "the first chamber of the digestive system of a ruminant" of the water buffalo has important differences from that of other ruminants.
The water buffalo rumen has been found to contain a larger population of bacteria, particularly the cellulolytic bacteria, lower protozoa and higher fungi zoo-spores and higher rumen ammonia nitrogen (NH4-N) and higher pH have been found as compared to those in cattle.
The domesticated water buffalo is often referred to as 'the living tractor of the East', as it is relied upon for plowing and transportation in many parts of Asia.
The chief dairy breed of buffalo is the Murrah breed. Buffalo meat, sometimes called 'carabeef '.
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