Local. Named after its distribution area in Bargur hills of Tamil Nadu in Anthiyoor taluk, Erode district. Malai - means hills; Erumai/Emmai- means buffalo.
Major utility
Manure and milk
Comments on utility
Milk is mainly used for house hold consumption as curd and butter milk.
Comments on breeding tract
Hamlets of Bargur village A & B of Anthiyoor taluk, and Gundri & Kadamboor village of Sathyamangalam taluk
Adaptability to environment
Maintained only on grazing in the forest area.
Population
Year
Population
Other information
2009
2000
Source: Lingayat bio-cultural protocol, 2009. p15
Management
Management system
Extensive
Mobility
Stationary
Feeding of adults
Grazing
Comments on Management
Animals are housed either in a separate enclosure adjacent to the farmers� house or in the harvested field with enclosures. The breeding males are called as Konan. Majority of the famers practice natural mating of buffaloes with Konan.
Morphology
Colour
Brownish black and brown
Horn shape and size
Curved backward and inward. Medium sized in males and Medium to long in females
Visible characteristics
Medium in size with coat colours varying from black to light brown and brownish black.Muzzle and eyelids are black, tail switch is brownish black and hooves are grey in colour.
All the above information of following Indian Breed is collected from Public Database of NBAGR, India. We (Digi Vets) just published information in an original format, without making any changes. The value of statistics can be changed in future according to census.
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