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Research theme

Swamp buffalo

Genetic evaluation for Thai swamp buffaloWith the CP Foundation's Buffalo Modern Farm and the Thai buffalo conservation project, the team co-published a buffalo sire summary, described at its launch as Southeast Asia's first, and showed how forage security drives smallholder income.

Highlights

  • Buffalo Sire & Dam Summary with the CP Foundation (2023)
  • Forage Security Index for 49 farms, 7 provinces
  • 2025 Outstanding Thai Buffalo Researcher
  • Five-year partnership with the CP Foundation, 2023–2028

All research

A black Thai swamp buffalo looking at the camera in a barn, with more buffaloes behind

Key numbers

journal article
1
conference papers
6
partner organizations
4
years of published work
2023–2026

From the field

What the group asks

  • What keeps smallholder buffalo farming profitable and stable?

    A forage security index is tested as an indicator of income and production stability, alongside the factors that affect the income and sustainability of Thai swamp buffalo farms.

  • How do Thai swamp buffalo grow, and how heritable is growth?

    Biometric measurements and growth patterns from the 2024 conservation and development initiative, genetic parameters for growth traits, and the link between growth and farmers' husbandry quality.

  • Where is the Thai buffalo sector heading?

    Reviews of the present status of buffalo in Thailand and future prospects, and carcass percentage in fattened cattle and buffalo.

Methods named in this theme's titles: Farm economics & indices (2) · Genetic parameters & animal models (1) · Lactation & growth curves (1) · Carcass & meat quality (1)

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