The 900-ha enclosure included between 50-65 buffalo at any given time, due to births and deaths, as well as other herbivores and small mammalian predators typical of the ecosystem. ...

Buffalo farms are always fenced, most buffalo ranches are fenced, while most hunting areas with buffalo as a game animal are unfenced. In South Africa, however, all reserves, parks, ranches and farms where buffalo production occurs are enclosed by fences that restrict animal movement.

Nov 10, 2023 · PDF | Management and production of African buffalo for sustainable biodiversity use and survival of the species. | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Like most bovids, buffalo are herd-orientated animals occupying distinct home ranges (Chapter 6). Therefore, they try to stay with one another while being driven towards the boma (a large funnel-shaped enclosure to physically capture buffalo – see below).

The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large wild bovid which until recently ranged across all but the driest parts of sub-Saharan Africa, and their local range being limited to about 20 km from surface water. They are of high ecological value due to their important role as bulk feeders in the grazing hierarchy.

Sep 1, 2014 · In this study, we assessed the diet profile and quality of buffalo translocated from the south-east lowveld of Zimbabwe, a sweetveld with range forage of high nutritive value compared to Umfurudzi Park, which may greatly challenge the adaptation and viability of …

Aug 12, 2021 · Valentino, our male African Buffalo. Really? Hmm, I didn't really notice but maybe it iss. Thankss, it's a common thing I see some content creators do with their bedding. 103K …

Aug 22, 2023 · Here, we analyzed African buffalo social networks to quantify variation in close contacts, examined drivers of contact heterogeneity, and investigated how the observed contact patterns affect pathogen invasion likelihoods for a wild social ungulate.

escape in a boma, the buffalo herd will form a tight circular gathering often referred to as ‘laager’ in southern Africa, providing an effective defence strategy, especially against predators such as lions.

Aug 29, 2017 · We used 12 African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) temporarily maintained in an enclosure to evaluate 2 commercially available FGM assays as tools for assessing stress levels in buffalo in field studies. We also used the experiment to assess potential adverse effects of immobilizations on the study animals.