Philippine Carabao Center

It was set up in 1992 on a piece of land donated by Central Luzon State University on its main campus, initially with 6 network centers in 1992. 7 more network centers were added in 1994 bringing the total to 13. It was sponsored as a bill by the then senator Joseph Estrada and eventually enacted as a law through Republic Act 7307 i.e. the Philippine Carabao Act of 1992. n-origin Murrah buffalo dairy breed of Asian water buffalo, at PCC imported from Bulgaria. ==Research and development==

Reproduction technology The PCC had some success in reproductive biotechnology in 2004 when the first test-tube buffalo was born on April 5, also the birthday of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Incidentally, the test-tube buffalo is a female and was named as "Glory" after the President. From 2007 to 2009, the PCC was known to be researching on the process of cloning carabaos. Milk yield improvement Late in 2007, according to Filipino scientists, the Center located in Nueva Ecija initiated a study to breed the super water buffalo that could produce 4 to 18 liters of milk/day using gene-based technology. ==Network==

Philippine Carabao Center runs an "International Buffalo Knowledge Resource Services" (IBKRS) in partnership with the following institutes: • India • Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) at Hisar in Haryana state • National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NDRI) at Kernal in Haryana state • Taiwan • Taiwan Livestock Research Institute • Korea • National Institute of Animal Science ==Gallery==

File:Pccfacadejf.JPG|PCC facade, National Headquarters and Gene Pool, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija File:Pcc22jf.JPG|The super carabaos at the milking and breeding station File:Murrah buffalo.JPG|The Murrah buffaloes in the Philippine Carabao Center's outlet in Central Mindanao University, Bukidnon File:Pcc11jf.JPG|Milking from the view deck File:Pcc55jf.JPG|Housing of the officers File:Pcc345jf.JPG|Staff housing File:Pcc332jf.JPG|Facade File:PCC Dairy products.jpg|The main products of Dairy Plant, Milka Krem, Philippine Carabao Center ==See also==