Buffalo agribusiness in Brazil - Short comunication

Abstract

Agribusiness buffalois characterized by the creation of Asian domestic buffalo are highly adapted for inclusion in agribusiness supply chain of meat and milk. These animals have great adapted to Brazil and a promising ability in production. The effective buffaloes 2007.12.31 (IBGE) was 1.131.986 head, the biggest number of these species is located in the North Country (704.424 head, 62.3%), followed by the South (127.966, 11.3%), Northeast (119.978, 10.6%), Southeast (110.769, 9.8%) and Center-West (68.849, 6%). These data demonstrate that buffalo creation is an important economic activity in Brazil and their products are increasingly marketed. Thus, it is necessary to adapt the production system, for example, genetic identification, breeding, registration of genetic diseases and study of diseases pathological studies, selection for fertility and control quality of meat, milk and derivatives. Determining an appropriate register of the national breed, a time that Brazil has the largest breed of the species of the West.