Genome-Wide Insights into Intermittent Milking Behavior of Pandharpuri Buffalo.

ABSTRACT: Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) are central to the dairy and agricultural economy, contributing high-quality milk, meat, draft power, and manure. Rich milk composition, the ability to utilize low-quality roughage, and strong disease resistance make buffaloes indispensable across diverse production systems. Among India's major dairy breeds-Murrah, Nili-Ravi, Jaffarabadi, Surti, Bhadawari, Mehsana, and Nagpuri, none exhibit the distinctive trait of intermittent milking, which is uniquely observed in the Pandharpuri buffalo, a registered indigenous breed of Maharashtra. Despite coexisting with dominant dairy breeds such as Murrah, Pandharpuri buffalo is considered to possess primitive riverine ancestry and may represent one of the ancestral lineages from which several Indian breeds evolved

SUBMITTER: Patil A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12839739 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature