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Muli Yak
Country: China
Home tract: The Muli Zang autonomous county in Sichuan Province
Morphological Characters
Body coat: Pure black or white spotted in colour.
Head: Big
Forehead: Wide
Horns: Both sexes are horned
Ears: Small
Neck: Thick, without dewlap in males, but thin in females
Hump: Males’ humps are aerial and round, but females are low and thin.
Chest: Deep but wide
Quarters: Short quarters
Back: Flat straight
Loin: Flat straight
Limbs: Firm hooves
Reproductive traits
Males can be managed to first breeding at 4 years old. The service year of males and females are 6-8 years and 13 years respectively. The breeding season of females is from July to October every year.
Production traits
Daily milk yield: 1.06 kg
Milk yield per lactation: 407.4 kg
Dressing percentage: 53.2%
Fleece weight: Fleece yield includes coarse hair and under wool.
Reference
- Beijing, “Report on Domestic Animal Genetic Resources in China,” June 2003 [Web Reference]
- Changyou Z., “Yak products in Muli county,” [Web Reference]
- ILRI, 2007 [Web Reference]
- Porter V., et al., 2016, “Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack,” CABI Publisher, p. 987.