WHY ARE BUFFALOES REARED LIKE CULTURAL CATTLE IN ITALY?

Abstract

This article provides information on the role of buffalo in the zoological system, the history of domestication of Asian and Indian buffaloes, their distribution, biological, economic and useful properties of buffalo, specific aspects of storage and care, characteristics of buffalo milk and world-famous Italian mozzarella cheese. Many local buffaloes were brought to southern European countries, especially Italy, by the Arabs in the VIII-IX centuries. Just as you can’t imagine Italy without mozzarella cheese, you can’t imagine mozzarella cheese without buffalo milk.