|Auburn University Digital Library| |The Water Buffalo: New
Prospects For An Underutilized Animal (1984)| source ref:
b21wae.htm Water Buffalo in Africa For the water buffalo, Africa
is the unknown continent. Apart from Egypt, where the "gamoosa"
is a major livestock resource, there have been few recorded
experiences with the animal in Africa. While this may be
attributed to disease, chances are it is because of historical
oversight. Small herds of buffaloes were recently introduced to
Uganda, Tanzania, and Nigeria, but because there were so few
animals no firm conclusions can be drawn. Initial observations,
however, suggest that the water buffalo could have an important
future role in Africa, south of the Sahara. There seems little
reason to believe that they won't thrive there as they have done
elsewhere in the tropics. The following statements were provided
by researchers involved in the enterprises. "Uganda imported a
herd of 12 buffalo cows and one bull in 1969. Grazed on poor-
quality unimproved pasture