Yakut beef
The Yakut cattle ( Russian якутский скот , transcribed jakutski skot; Yakut саха ынаҕа , saxa ınağa ) is a country cattle breed from Russia .
Breeding history
The Yakut cattle is a subgroup of the Siberian cattle . Originally it comes from the area around Batagai-Alyta (Sakkyryr) and Kustur west of Verkhoyansk , in the valley of the Bytantai and its tributaries. The breed was widespread in Yakutia until the first half of the 20th century . From 1929 onwards, she was pushed back from the European part of Russia by cross-breeding with Simmental and the Kholmogorje breed.
Characteristics
- Color black, red or spotted like a leopard with white spots on the head and lower abdomen, white topline
- Strong constitution, small body, deep trunk
- Head short, broad, light; broad forehead; very different horns
- Neck short and thick
- Withers low and broad
- Chest deep, straight; well developed dewlap; Bulging belly
- Back, loin, croup straight
- Hindquarters sagging slightly, roof-shaped; a bit stiff in the hip
- short, strong legs
- Udder small and firm, very hairy (to protect against cold and mosquitoes)
- thick coat with a high percentage of top coat
- Adaptation to the harsh climate of Siberia; Long-term survival outdoors at −40 ° C are known
- Feed frugality
- Weight cows 350–400 kg, bulls 500–550 kg
- Milk production 1000 kg with 5.1% fat
- Meat quality good
- Fattening ability good
- Disease resistance to tuberculosis , leukosis , brucellosis
Occurrence
Today (2009) only 0.3 percent of the cattle in Sakha are Yakut cattle. In 1980 there were only 653 animals left in Verkhoyansk Raion .
source
- YAKUT (Yakutskii skot) In: NG Dmitriev, LK Ernst: Animal genetic resources of the USSR. (PDF) FAO Animal Production and Health Paper 65. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1989.
Web links
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