↑ "Mozzarella di Bufala". Forno Bravo Cooking. Forno Bravo, LLC. สืบค้นเมื่อ 2008-10-16. It all starts with the Asian Buffalo, brought to Italy by the Goths, as they migrated southwest during the waning years of the Roman empire.
↑ Mozzarella di Bufala Campagna DOP, Consorzio di Tutela (2008). "History". There are many theories on their Italian beginnings: the most likely hypothesis is that the Norman kings, around the year 1000, brought them into southern Italy from Sicily, where they had been introduced by the Arabs. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ Mozzarella di Bufala Campagna DOP, Consorzio di Tutela (2008). "History". However, others believe that the buffalo originated in Italy, a theory that is based on fossils found in the Roman countryside, as well as from results of recent studies that appear to demonstrate that Italian buffalos have a different phylogeny than Indian buffalos. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ Seno, L. O.; V. L. Cardoso and H. Tonhati (2006). "Responses to selection for milk traits in dairy buffaloes". Genetics and molecular research. 5 (4): 790–6. PMID17183486. สืบค้นเมื่อ 2008-10-19. Borghese and Mazzi (2005) presented a comprehensive review on the Buffalo populations and production systems in the world. According to these authors, Brazil has the largest buffalo herd size in South America, followed by Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia. Buffaloes were imported into Brazil between the 1940s and 1960s, where the ideal conditions such as thriving pastures, water, grazing space, and suitable temperatures were available. In the 1970s Brazilian buffalo breeders began to use these animals for dairy and meat production.
