Because of their strength, they are also utilized as traction and riding animals, especially in flooded lands, due to their kind of hoof. In Brazil the buffalo rearing is very recent and that may be that reason why it is surrounded by so many doubts.
Milk production is a very important activity in many countries especially for derivatives products.
Due to its fat tenor, being two times higher than bovine s, it yields more than twice in butter and Mozzarella production. The Buffalo Production Sector s herd is composed of approximately 130 animals divided into Murrah and Mediterranean breeds and a few of the Jafarabadi breed. The sector has been developing a number of scientific works and researches on different subjects as Nutrition, Feeding, Productive and Reproductive behavior and Sanity. For the last 3 decades, under Prof. Dr. Jo o Barrison Villares leadership, the Veterinarian and Animal Science College stood up among others with its Weight Gain Tests with different buffalo breeds and also with its carcass characterization studies. Another aspect to be considered is the possibility of artificial insemination which depends on a number of factors like semen quality, necessity of teasers for estrus detection and a skillful inseminator.