Posts Tagged ‘meat production’
Yak
There are approximately 12 million yaks in China which is about 85%of the world total making China the leader for Yaks.
Yaks are located mainly in the high, cold mountainous areas of China.
Yaks can graze on the alpine grasslands in the summer and duringwinter on the shrubs in deep snow in rigorous temperatures. Read the rest of this entry »
Chukotka Reindeer
The Chukotka breed is a result of selection by the Chukchi. It is reared in the Chukotka and Kamchatka peninsulas and in northeastern Yakutia. The total stock of these animals is about 600,000.
The Chukotka breed is considered to be the most recent and was formed not before the end of the 1st millennium A.D. Their main products are venison and skins; they are not used for transport. Read the rest of this entry »
Yanbian
Description:
Yanbian cattle are mainly distributed in the North Agriculture Area of China, and have entirely different ecological conditions from those of the North Pastoral Grassland cattle. They are also found in other Provinces of the northeast, such as Heilongjiang Province, Read the rest of this entry »
Xinjiang Brown
Description:
The Xinjiang Brown also results from crossing exotic (mainly Brown Swiss) onto the indigenous breed (Kazakh) in the Ili and Tacheng districts of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Crossing to the Brown Swiss was carried on for 3 successive generations, Read the rest of this entry »
White Park
Historically Known by: Park, White Forest, White Horned, Wild White
The White Park is a horned cattle breed which is white with colored points. These points include the ears, nose, rims of eyes, teats and feet but excludes the tail switch. Read the rest of this entry »
Blanca Cacerena/White Caceres
Also Known As: White Caceres, Blanca guadianese
The White Caceres was developed in the region surrounding Extremadura in Spain and used primarily for meat production. They are one of the lyre horned breeds and are nearly extinct. In an effort to preserve this breed the Ministry Read the rest of this entry »
Welsh Black
Origins
The Welsh Black is a native British Breed descended from cattle of Pre-Roman Britain in the rough mountain and hill country of Wales. Read the rest of this entry »
Wagyu
What are they? Where did they come from?
The word Wagyu refers to all Japanese beef cattle (‘Wa’ means Japanese or japanese-style and ‘gyu’ means cattle). Read the rest of this entry »
Vosges
Also Known As: Vosgienne (French), Vogesen (German)
This breed is a native of the Vosges Mountains, principally in Alsace. Vosges cattle are exceptionally healthy, fertile and long-lived, milk production at the age of fifteen is not unusual. Read the rest of this entry »
Vestland Red Polled
Also Known By: Vestlandsk Raudkolle, Western Red Polled Cattle, West Coast Red Polled, Westland Polled
The Vestland Red Polled is a non-commercial breed with a registered population of 71 heifers (2 years and younger) and 218 cows as of January 1995. Read the rest of this entry »