Buffalo meat has been shown to be leaner than beef, 40% less cholesterol, 55% less calories, and 10% more protein, minerals and vitamins. All of the animals are kept in small, controllable herds and are only fed natural pastures and crop leftovers. Animals in India are not given any hormones or growth enhancers. For a long time, India has been free of the dreadful mad cow disease (BSE) and other livestock diseases such as rinderpest and infectious bovine pleural pneumonia (CBPP).