Variable reactions of buffaloes to tuberculin testing and haemagglutination tests has been reported in Egyptian buffaloes. Out of these 15 showed gross TB lesions and 2 were lesion free. Tuberculosis occurs among the buffalo herds of the world mainly because most are kept under unsanitary conditions. Tuberculosis was eliminated in Trinidad's buffaloes by imposing the sanitary conditions,installing concrete floors and mangers and cleaning the pens regularly. This is another common syndrome in buffaloes.
Adults suffer more than the younger animals.
The ailment is more common in grazing animals of mineral deficient areas. Changed feeding behavior probably due to the significant deficiency of phosphorus may be the cause of ingesting foreign bodies. Metal swallowed by the animal settles by gravity into the reticulum in the majority of cases and then can gradually penetrate through the wall and into various organs. In many cases abscesses are formed in the right thoracic region near the elbow joint. Internal injuries involving heart and pericardium invariably terminate fatally.