The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large bovine animal; frequently used as livestock in southern Asia; and also widely in South America; southern Europe; north Africa; and elsewhere.Buffalo are used as draft; meat; and dairy animals. Their dung is used as a fertilizer and as a fuel when dried. In Chonburi; Thailand; Pakistan and in southwestern region of Karnataka; India; there are annual water buffalo races known as Kambala.