General Preface. Preface to Volume C6. Part I - Basic Principles 1. Distribution, Ecology and Adaptation (P. Mahadevan). 2. Genetics of River Buffalo (P.N. Bhat). 3. Breeding and Management of River Buffaloes in Europe, Egypt and Iraq. Part I, Europe (A.I. Alexiev). Part II, Egypt (A.S. Adbel-Aziz). Part III, Iraq (F.I. El-Dessouky). 4. Genetics and Breeding of Swamp Buffaloes (C. Chantalakana). 5. Nutrition of River Buffaloes in Southern Asia (S.K. Ranjhan). 6. Nutrition of Swamp Buffaloes (C. Devendra). 7. Reproduction in Swamp Buffaloes (H. Fischer, P. Bodhipaksha). 8. Reproduction in River Buffaloes (V.D. Mudgal). 9. Lactation in River Buffaloes (R. Nagarcenkar, R.S. Ludri). 10. Growth and Development of Buffaloes (J.B. Moran). 11. Behaviour and Training of River Buffaloes (N.N. Pathak). 12. Behaviour and Training of Swamp Buffaloes (P. Bodhipaksha, H. Fischer). 13. Behaviour of Non-domesticated Buffaloes in Australia (D.G. Tulloch). Part II - Health 14. Diseases (S.C. Adlakha, S.N. Sharma). 15. Parasites of River Buffaloes (B.B. Bhatia). 16. Parasites of Swamp Buffaloes (V. Sukhapesna). 17. Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders of Buffaloes (S.K. Ranijhan, N.N. Pathak). Part III - Production 18. River Buffalo Production Systems in Asia (V.D. Mudgal). 19. Milk Processing and Marketing (N.C. Ganguli). 20. Meat Production from River Buffaloes (G. de Franciscis, J.B. Moran). 21. Swamp Buffalo Production Systems (S.R. Na Phuket). 22. High Quality Meat Production from Swamp Buffaloes - with Special Reference to Australia (D. Foulkes). 23. Swamp Buffaloes in Large Scale Ranching Systems (B.D. Ford). List of Contributors. Subject Index.