01554naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024501050008026000090018552009240019465000130111865000120113165000130114365300110115665300130116770000310118070000140121170000190122570000200124477300600126414085402022-11-28       2004    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aCAMARÃO, A. P.  aGrazing buffalo on flooded pastures in the brazilian Amazon regionba review.h[electronic resource]  c2004  aThere are almost 3.5 M head of buffalo in Brazil, half of which (±1.75 M animals) are in the north, particularly on Marajó Island, in the lower and middle Amazon, and on upland cultivated pastures, 16% in the south-east, 15% in the northeast, 13% in the central west and 6% in the south. The objective of this work was to review the important characteristics of the native pasture ecosystems grazed by buffalo in the flooded areas of the Brazilian Amazon. Data relative to environment, pasture characteristics and animal performance are presented. Three buffalo subspecies, bubalis (water buffalo ? Mediterranean, Murrah, Jafarabadi), kerebau (swamp buffalo) and fulvus (Baio type) live in the Amazon Region, their ideal habitat. They are used for meat and milk and as a source of power, and are well adapted to wet conditions, producing and reproducing in flooded native pastures, where cattle don?t usually survive.  aAmazonia  aBúfalo  aPastagem  aBrasil  aBubalino1 aLOURENÇO JUNIOR, J. de B.1 aDUTRA, S.1 aHORNICK, J.-L.1 aSILVA, M. B. da  tTropical Grasslandgv. 38, n. 4, p. 193-203, Dec. 2004.