MANILA, March 25 -- The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Carabao Center (DA-PCC) reported Monday a groundbreaking yield from its crossbred buffalo through its Genetic Improvement Program (GIP).

In a statement, DA-PCC GIP National Coordinator Dr. Ester Flores identified the crossbred buffalo as 7UP15001 which yielded 3883.7 kilograms or 3,770.58 liters of milk.

This is considered the highest among the female buffaloes for a period of 299-day lactation in the DA-PCC's herd.

"7UP15001 is the result of our strategic backcrossing initiatives aimed at augmenting the population of dairy buffaloes in the Philippines while enhancing genetic selection to produce superior offspring," Flores said.

"Animals like 7UP15001 are the result of a lo...