Toda
A semi-wild buffalo of the Nilgiris, reared exclusively by the Toda tribe, for whom the animal holds deep ritual and religious importance.
Toda
Physical Characteristics
- Thick, long hair covering the body — an adaptation to hill cold
- Colour: fawn to ash grey, darker on the head and neck
- Massive, wide-set horns curving inward in a crescent
- Semi-wild temperament; herds move freely on the plateau
Benefits for Farmers
Uniquely adapted to cold, high-altitude hill grazing
Very rich milk used for traditional Toda dairy rituals
Survives year round on natural grassland without housing
Culturally irreplaceable heritage breed under conservation
Improve your herd with Toda genetics
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Breed Profile
- Species
- Buffalo
- Utility
- Milk
- Home Tract
- Nilgiri Hills — Udhagamandalam (Ooty) plateau
- Found In
- Tamil Nadu
- Yield
- 500 kg per lactation; 8% fat
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