BREED 131:

 Shanghai

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Country: China
Home or breeding tract: Distributed over counties of Jiading, Baoshan, Fengxian and
Chongming etc.

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
  Body: Rugged with strong constitution, well-developed muscle, thin skin and crude hairs.
 Body coat: Light gray in colour
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: Adult is 600-650 kg, some reach 1000 kg
 Height at withers: Male 142.3 cm, female 140.8 cm
Reproductive traits
 Age at first mating: 2.5 years
 Inter-calving period: 2 times in 3 years
Production traits
 Peak daily milk yield: 5-10 kg
 Milk fat: 5.5-9%
 Dressing percentage: 50%
 Meat percentage: 40%
 They are mainly used for traclling. In 8 hours they can plough 6-8 Chinese acre fields,
and the maximum is 10 Chinese acres.

USE:

 Milk; Meat; Draft

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10038-shanghai-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 133:

 Shannan
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
 Country: China
 Home or breeding tract: Xixiang, Mian county, Hanzhong, Chenggu, Yang county,
Ningqiang, Nanzheng, Ankang, Hanyin, Shiquan county in Hanzhong, Ankang basin in
Shanxi Province

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body: Wide, small and short. The bone is strong and knot distinct.
 Body coat: The skin is tile gray, the hairs sparse, crude, black or gray in colour. The
buffalo with all white is rare. There is 1 white band at the laryngeal and 1 lunette white
band at the chest. The skin from back-end of stemma to the breast and inner side of
limbs is flesh with hoariness, a relatively dense and thin hairs.
 Head: Long
 Forehead: Narrow
 Horns: Most of the flat and four arises horns are big grail ones with wide root, bending
parallels backwards so as to appear basket shape.
 Eyes: The eye pit stands out and the eyes are round and big.
 Ears: Short, flat and medium sized
 Mouth: Flat with black nose
 Neck: Thin and long
 Chest: With drooping peel is broad
 Withers: Distinct and there is no crest
 Belly: Round and big
 Back: Flat and short
 Rump: Flat and a relatively drooping
 Tail: Short, attaches to relatively higher site and fall short of hock
 Limbs: Short and strong
 Hooves: Hard and round
 Scrotum: Without neck is small. The foreskin cling to the belly closely till fore side of
haulm, then droop so as to appear cylinder shape.
 Udder: Small
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: Male 442.7 kg, female 398.5 kg
 Height at withers: Male 126.6 cm, female 124.8 cm
 Body length: Male 131.9 cm, female 130.3 cm
Reproductive traits
 Age at sexual maturity: Bull 2-2.5 years,cow 2 years
 They can be managed to mate at 2.5-3 years. The survival rate is 32.6%.

Production traits
  Drought power: Bull 301.1 kg, female 250 kg, steer 310 kg

USE:

 Draft

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10039-shannan-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 134:

 Southeast Yunnan
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
 Country: China
 Home or breeding tract: Yunhonghe, Yuanchun, Yuanyang, Jinping, Pingbian, Hekou,
Wenshan state in Honghe state, some counties in Yuxi, Qujing districts in Yunnan
Province

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body: The body formation can be classed into small and large types.
 Body coat: Brick gray and white
 Head: Proper sized
 Horns: The horns can be classed into “close horn” (small horn width) and “open horn”
(large horn width and short horn).
 Belly: Large round
 Back: Flat
 Rump: Flat or drooping
 Tail: Short with thick root
 Limbs: Thick and strong
 Udder: Large with wide teats
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: Male kg, female kg
 Height at withers: Large type buffaloes 120.5-127.4 cm, small type buffaloes 115-118.3
cm
Reproductive traits
 Reproductive rate: 40%-76%
 Survival rate: 60%-80%
Production traits
  Dressing percentage: Bull 48.9%
 Meat percentage: Bull 42%
 Eye muscle region: Bull 60.9 cm2
 Ratio of bone to meat: 1:6.3
 They show good trailing quality.

USE:

 Meat

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10040-south-east-yunnan-
buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 143:

 Wenzhou

PICTURE 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
  Country: China
 Home or breeding tract: Pingyang, Ruian, Taishun, Wencheng, Yonghe, Wenzhou,
Leqing countys in the Wenzhou district of Zhejiang Province

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body: Short but strong with compact structure and well developing muscles
 Body coat: Coat colour is cyan gray in a great measure and some is black or yellow
brown.
 Head: Quardrate with white star at the inner eyepit, a caruncle in the middle jaw bottom
 Horns: Lunar or arc shaped
 Neck: Proper sized
 Quarters: Well developed back quarters
 Back: Flat straight
 Lion: Flat straight
 Belly: Large round
 Rump: Sharp drooping
 Limbs: Strong crude limbs with distinct tendon
 Hooves: Hard round
 Udder: Well developed
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: At birth is male 23.6 kg, female 21.9 kg; adult bull 517.3 kg, female 496.1
kg
 Height at withers: Male 126.5 cm, female 123.34 cm
Reproductive traits
 Maturity age: Male 2-2.5 years, female 2.5-3 years
 Mating age: Male 3-3.5 years, female 3.5 years
 Cycling period: 21.5 days
 Oestrus phase: 24-48 hours
Production traits
 Lactation period: 239.9 days
 Milk production per lactation: 500-1000 kg
 Dressing percentage: 43%
 Meat percentage: 32-33%
 Drought power: 80-110 kg with maximum drought power at 5-9 years

USE:

 Draft; Meat

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10041-wenzhou-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:
  Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 144:

 Xiajang

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
 Country: China
  Home or breeding tract: Xiajiang County in Jiangxi Province

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body: Middle sized
 Head: Long narrow
 Horns: The root of horns is crude with quadrate shape, extending backwards and
outwards then bending intiltedly so as to result in the half moon shape.
 Neck: Crude and short in bull, thin round in females
 Chest: Deep
 Belly: Compact in bulls while that of cow is big and round
 Back: Flat broad
 Lion: Flat broad
 Tail: Broad flat tail root with short tail
 Limbs: Short but strong
 Hooves: Big and round
 Udder: Medium sized
 Teats: Slightly long
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: Male kg, female kg
 Height at withers: Male 141.3 cm, female 133.4 cm
Reproductive traits
 Puberty age: Bull 1.5 years, female 1 years
 Mating age: Bull 4 years, female 3 years
 Breeding lifespan: Bull 14 years, female 12-14 years
 Female produces 6-8 calves in whole life.
 Remarks: The Xiajiang buffaloes have good trailing quality and is tolerant crude rising.

USE:

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10043-xilin-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 145:

 Xilin

PICTURE 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
 Country: China
  Home or breeding tract: Xilin, Longlin, Tianlin County in Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body: Belongs to altiplano mountain type buffalo with high body and strong limbs
 Body coat: The coat colour is major is gray black
 Head: Proper sized
 Forehead: Broad
 Horns: The horns can be divided into 4 classes: near roundness, half roundness,
fraction, right. Some have drooping horns.
 Back: Broad long
 Lion: Broad long
 Rump: Large and drooping; some are tine rump
 Limbs: Crude strong; the forelimbs are wide and camber shaped. The hocks of rear
limbs are in tilted.
 Hooves: Round and big
 Udder: Flesh colour with short teats and underdeveloped
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: Male 485.4 kg, female 400.5 kg
 Height at withers: Male 126.1 cm, female 120.1 cm
Reproductive traits
 Maturation age: Bull 2 years, female 1.5 years
 Age at first mating: Bull 3 years, female 2.5 years
 Average reproductive rate: 54.7%
 Survival rate: 73.8%
Production traits
 Dressing percentage: 47.1%
 Meat percentage: 37.6%
 The beer steer can plough 0.48 Chinese acre fields in 1 hour.

USE:

 Meat

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10043-xilin-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 146:

 Xinglong

PICTURE 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
 Country: China
 Home or breeding tract: Southwest or northwest region of Wanning County in Hainan
Province
CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body: Large, broad and long with a relatively sunken at the lion
 Body coat: Coat colour gray black or black, only a few white. There is a “V” shaped white
band under the neck
 Horns: Crude and long with long archer shape and bending backwards to the upper side
 Rump: Drooping
 Limbs: Strong
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: Male 503.7 kg, female 457.1 kg
 Height at withers: Male 129.4 cm, female 123.7 cm
Reproductive traits
 Reproductive rate: 81.7%
 Survival rate: >85%
 Puberty age: Female 2-3 years
 Age at first mating: Bull 3 years
 Most of females produce one parity in two years.
Production traits
 Carrying capacity: 500-600 kg
 Maximum drought power: 800 kg
 Dressing percentage: 52.7%
 Meat percentage: 41.4%
USE:

 Draft;Meat

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10045-xinglong-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 147:

 Xinyang

PICTURE 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Country: China
 Home or breeding tract: Xinyang district in Henan Province with Luoshan, Xinyang and
Guangshan county as the central region, distributing over region along Huaihe river,
Jianbo county of Nanyang district, Miyang, Zhengyang, Shijiaoshan region of Zhumadian
district. The Xinyang buffaloes belong to swamped type buffalo.

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body: Large size, compact constitution, and symmetry structure
 Body coat: Yellow gray or black gray in colour
 Head: Slightly long
 Forehead: Broad
 Horns: The horn root is crude with quadrate shape. The horns appear conoid shape,
bending backwards to the upside.
 Neck: Crude short
 Chest: Deep
 Back: Flat and broad
 Rump: Broad drooping
 Tail: Short
 Limbs: Short and strong
 Udder: Underdeveloped
 Teats: Crude long
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: Male 533.7 kg, female 490 kg
 Height at withers: Male 127.1 cm, female 123.6 cm
Reproductive traits
 Age at first mating: Bull 2.5 years, female 2.5-3 years
 Reproductive rate: 81.2%
Production traits
 Drought power: Bull 412.2 kg, female 386.4 kg
 Dressing percentage: 47.3%
 Meat percentage: 37.6%
 Eye muscle: 50.4 cm

USE:

 Draft;Meat

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
 http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10046-xinyang-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 148:

 Yanjin

PICTURE 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Country: China
 Home or breeding tract: Yanjin, Weixin countys in the Shaotong district of Yunnan
Province

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body coat: Cyan, cyan gray and brown gray while the white is rare
 Head: Proper sized
 Horns: Thick, bend backwards and entitled
 Chest: Wide
 Tail: Fall short of hock
Morphometric parameters
 Body weight: Male 406.1 kg, female 393.1 kg
 Height at withers: Male 122.8 cm, female 121.3 cm
Reproductive traits
 Maturation age: Bull 1.5-2 years
 Age at mating: Bull 3 years, female 2-3 years
 Reproductive rate: 52.6%
 Survival rate of calf 87.3%
Production traits
 Drought power: Bull 135-366.7 kg, steer 120-360 kg
USE:

 Draft

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
 http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10047-yanjin-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.

BREED 149:

 Yibin Buffalo

PICTURE 

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
 Country: China
Home or breeding tract: Yibin, Yibin city, Gao, Jiang’an, Changning and Xingwen
County in Sichuan Province.

CHARACTERISTICS:
Morphological characteristics
 Body: Small sized with compact body constitution, crude bone, and shapely body
structure.
 Body coat: Most of their coat colour is cyan gray, small part of them is white. There is 1
or 2 half moon shaped white bands under the neck.
 Head: Proper sized
 Forehead: Flat
 Horns: Meniscus shaped bending backwards
 Nose: Long frank
 Mouth: “Pouch” shaped
 Neck: Long and substantiated
 Dewlap: Underdeveloped
 Chest: Deep
 Back: Flat
 Lion: Flat
 Limbs: Relatively short but strong
 Hooves: Hard and appear grail shape
Production traits
 Milk production per lactation: 260 kg
 They grow fast before 2 years.
 Drought power: Bull 371.7 kg, female 299.2 kg
 Dressing percentage: 40.2%
USE:

 Milk : draf

REFERENCE/SOURCE:
 http://allpedia.dkart.in/livestock/breeds/buffalo-breeds/10048-yibin-buffalo.html

NAME NG NAG-AMBAG:

 Felix, Elizabeth Ann B.