<P> Wildlife conservation scientists have started to recommend and use introduced populations of feral domestic water buffalo in far - away lands to manage uncontrolled vegetation growth in and around natural wetlands . Introduced water buffalo at home in such environs provide cheap service by regularly grazing the uncontrolled vegetation and opening up clogged water bodies for waterfowl, wetland birds, and other wildlife . Grazing water buffalo are sometimes used in Great Britain for conservation grazing, such as in Chippenham Fen National Nature Reserve . The buffalo can better adapt to wet conditions and poor - quality vegetation than cattle . </P> <P> Currently, research is being conducted at the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies to determine the levels of nutrients removed and returned to wetlands when water buffalo are used for wetland vegetation management . </P> <P> However, in uncontrolled circumstances, water buffalo can cause environmental damage, such as trampling vegetation, disturbing bird and reptile nesting sites, and spreading exotic weeds . </P> <P> In 2007, the development of Southeast Asia's first cloned buffalo was announced in the Philippines . The Department of Agriculture's Philippine Carabao Center implemented cloning through somatic cell nuclear transfer as a tool for genetic improvement in water buffalo to produce "super buffalo calves" by multiplying existing germplasms but without modifying or altering genetic material . </P>

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