Feral Water-Buffalo (Bubalus-Bubalis) in the Major Floodplains of the Top End, Northern-Territory, Australia - Population-Growth and the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 411 ◽  
Author(s):  
WJ Freeland ◽  
WJ Boulton
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Water Buffalo ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Eradication Campaign

Models for the Control of Feral Water Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalis) Using Constant Levels of Offtake and Effort.

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
WJ Boulton ◽  
WJ Freeland
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Water Buffalo ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Control Effort ◽  
Control Target ◽  
Continuous Application ◽  
Level Of Effort ◽  
Levels Of Control

A model of population growth of feral water buffalo is presented and used as a basis for simulating buffalo control exercises. Simulations incorporated annual removal of constant numbers of buffalo, annual allocations of constant amounts of control effort, or continous application of effort until control density had been achieved. The models rely on data from helicopter-based shooting and shooting by shooters on the ground (Bayliss 1986). Approximately 60% of a starting population had to be removed per annum for control to extinction to be achieved within two years. Annual allocations of constant levels of control effort resulted in failure to reach the control target within 150 years, control in about 40 years, or control within the first two years of operation, depending on the level of effort expended. Addition of two helicopters to a team of four helicopters working for 20 days changed the result from no control to control within two years. Optimal allocation of control effort requires continuous application of control measures until the objective has been achieved. Lower levels of effort result in prolonged campaigns that may not achieve desired objectives.

The Water Buffalo, Bubalus Bubalis, in Australia: Reproductive and Parent-Offspring Behaviour.

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
DG Tulloch
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Season ◽  
Water Buffalo ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Family Group ◽  
The Family

Water buffalo in the Northern Territory of Australia have a well defined breeding season in the wet or very early dry season. The birth of a calf is of major importance for the clan and for the family group of which that clan is a part. A number of calves are left in the care of an adult while their mothers go to graze. The female calf remains with its mother for many years, possibly for life, but at 2-3 y old the male calf is driven from the group by an adult bull when a cow in the group comes into oestrus. Most buffalo cows will readily adopt an orphan calf and within 8 days it is impossible to distinguish between the orphan and the group calves.

Onchocerca sweetae(Nematoda: Filarioidea): notes on the intermediate host

1978 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Spratt ◽  
A. L. Dyce ◽  
H. A. Standfast
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Water Buffalo ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
Northern Territory

ABSTRACTMicrofilariae ofOnchocerca sweetaeare broadly distributed in the superficial layers of the dermis of the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). A total of 2855 insects representing 20 species were collected fromO. sweetae-infected bait buffaloes. Only one species,Culicoidessp. “M”, ingested microfilariae from buffalo skin. Larval development ofO. sweetaewas observed in the thorax of this species. A total of 829 insects, representing 7 species and including 749 parousCulicoidesspp. were collected from light and Manitoba traps. Developing filarioid larvae were observed only inCulicoidessp. “M”. It is concluded thatCulicoidessp. “M” is a natural intermediate host ofO. sweetaein the Northern Territory of Australia.

Season movement and distribution of the sexes in the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, in the Northern Territory

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 399 ◽  
Author(s):  
DG Tulloch
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Season ◽  
Water Buffalo ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
Black Soil ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Coastal Plains ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Northern Portion

Regular aerial and land surveys of the coastal plains and adjoining high ground in the northern portion of the Northern Territory between the Adelaide and Wildman Rivers showed variations in the number of buffalo on the plains. When there were very few buffalo on the plains there were large numbers on the adjoining high timbered country. During the wet season the plains flooded to varying depths and in those areas where the water was very deep all buffalo moved to higher ground. In the Northern Territory the wet season is the main breeding season, and at this time adult bulls were seen with cows in oestrus. During the dry season, which is the non-breeding season, the bulls and cows inhabited separate areas; the cows and their calves preferred those areas of the black soil plains adjoining high ground where there was water, shade, and some green feed. When rain fell at the end of the dry season, the buffalo moved to areas where it had rained.

scholarly journals Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis): Clinical Findings and the Associated Inflammatory Response

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maged El-Ashker ◽  
Mohamed Salama ◽  
Mohamed El-Boshy
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Response ◽  
Water Buffalo ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Necrosis Factor Alpha ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Amyloid A ◽  
Diagnostic Usefulness ◽  
Factor Alpha ◽  
Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis

The present study was carried out to describe the clinical picture of traumatic reticuloperitonitis (TRP) in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and to evaluate the inflammatory and immunologic responses for this clinical condition. Twenty-two buffalo with acute local TRP were monitored in our study. Additionally, 10 clinically healthy buffalo were randomly selected and served as controls. Acute local TRP was initially diagnosed by clinical examination and confirmed by ultrasonographic (USG) examination and/or necropsy findings. Blood samples were collected from all examined buffalo to measure the respective levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-10 and interferon gamma (INF)-γ, serum amyloid A (SAA), C-reactive protein (CRP), haptoglobin (Hp), fibrinogen (Fb), and serum sialic acid (SSA). It was found that TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, SAA, CRP, Hp, Fb, and SSA were significantly higher in buffalo with TRP than the controls. Our findings suggest that the examined immunologic variables were helpful in documenting the inflammatory response in buffalo with TRP. However, their diagnostic usefulness only becomes apparent when considered in tandem with the clinical findings for any given animal, its anamnesis, and a subsequent USG assessment. Due to the frequent complications of TRP, more accurate indicators of its occurrence and severity would be useful.

Comparison of feed intake, digestibility and fattening performance of Brahman grade cattle (Bos indicus) and crossbred water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

2004 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 549-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalina M. LAPITAN ◽  
Arnel N. DEL BARRIO ◽  
Osamu KATSUBE ◽  
Tomomi TOKUDA ◽  
Edgar A. ORDEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Water Buffalo ◽  
Bos Indicus ◽  
Bubalus Bubalis ◽  
Fattening Performance
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