THE PHILIPPINE WATER BUFFALO

USER’S GUIDE
The book contains published and unpublished researches on
the Philippine water buffalo. These were obtained from various buffalorelated
publications, reports and abstracts of the Philippine Carabao
Center (PCC), Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural
Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) and Department of
Science and Technology (DOST). Many unpublished undergraduate
and graduate theses on the Philippine water buffalo were gathered
from the libraries of the University of the Philippines Los Baños and
other state universities and colleges. Recent publications on the animal
were taken from various local refereed journals such as the Philippine
Journal of Veterinary Medicine (a publication of the College of Veterinary
Medicine, University of the Philippines Los Baños) and the Philippine
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Science (official journal of the Philippine
Society of Animal Science). Others were taken from Proceedings of
Philippine Society of Animal Sciences (PSAS) Annual Conventions and
Scientific Conferences.
The book is divided into seven parts, namely, Anatomy,
Physiology, Breeding and Genetics, Reproduction, Draft Power, Feeding
and Nutrition, and Health. A Table of Contents is provided for each part.
The entries for each part are arranged alphabetically similar to Literature
Cited in a journal article.
An Index of Keywords of Annotated Bibliography on the
Philippine Water Buffalo is also provided. Keywords are grouped
according to the seven major parts of the publication.