Pasado, presente y futuro del búfalo en Argentina

Crudeli, G.A.; Patiño, E.M.; Maldonado Vargas, P.; Konrad, J.L.; Crudeli, G.A; Patiño, E.M; Maldonado Vargas, P; Konrad, J.L

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Pasado, presente y futuro del búfalo en Argentina

Crudeli, G.A.; Patiño, E.M.; Maldonado Vargas, P.; Konrad, J.L.

Revista veterinaria 25(2): 140-145

2014

ISSN/ISBN: 1669-6840

Document Number: 397365

The buffalo began to be introduced to the country in the early twentieth century, by importing Mediterranean, Murrah and Jafarabadi breeds. Today buffalo population reached 87.711 heads, which are distributed in 20 out of the 23 provinces that conforms the country. The 80% of the population of buffaloes is found in northeastern region, being the provinces of Formosa and Corrientes those with the largest buffalo population. The country has 8 million hectares suitable to withstand a load of 4 million buffaloes.