These cattle are the most common beast of burden in the Philippines as well as other parts of southeast Asia and have been for millennia
Zebucattle originated in Southwest Asia and that their descendants were non-humped, they have evolved from three breeds of Indian cattle
In the Philippines, this means that the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) have been able to overcome challenges in their breeding program with the use of the Applied Biosystems™ Axiom™ arrays