Maiwa yak
The Maiwa yak is a breed of domestic yak . Since the targeted breeding of the yak is not yet very advanced, yak breeds generally have less breed-typical characteristics than was the case, for example, with European land cattle breeds in the middle of the 19th century. Therefore, phenotypic differences in the house yak are mainly due to the geographical separation of widely spaced locations.
The Maiwa yak is bred in Maiwa County on the eastern edge of the Qinghai Highland Plateau. The climate is very dry and cold and therefore largely unsuitable for domestic cattle. The breed goes back to the herds of around 200 nomad families who migrated to this region from Sêrtar and Luhuo after 1919 . Milk and meat production play a role in the breed, as the nomads were able to sell milk and meat to the population living there, who mainly live from agriculture. The Maiwa yak is also a very distinctive workhorse, which can be used as a pack and draft animal, especially in swampy terrain. About 64 percent of Maiwa yaks are black, 17 percent are spotted black and white.
supporting documents
literature
- Jürgen Lensch, Peter Schley and Rong-Chang Zhang (eds.): The Yak (Bos grunniens) in Central Asia , Gießener Abhandlungen zur Agrar- und Wirtschaftsforschung der European East, Volume 205, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-428-08443-8