Asian beast of burden (5,7)
I believe the answer is:
water buffalo
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">asian beast of burden</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for water buffalo that I've seen before include "Asian ox-like animal" , "beast of burden" , "Large Asian beast domesticated for use as a draft animal" , "Large ox" .)