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Chinese researchers breed first hornless yaks in Qinghai

By Ma Jingna | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-07-11 18:12
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One of the newly-bred hornless yak lives in the Datong Yak Breeding Farm, Northwest China's Qinghai province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Researchers from many countries have been racing to breed hornless livestock, and the Adan yak will be cultivated for its meat, Yan said.

The new breed has a similar yet tellingly different physique and general appearance to existing local yaks. These yaks are in an overall better physical condition, including a higher reproduction rate and meat production. 

China is home to over 15 million yaks, 95 percent of world's total, which are tops in diversity. Qinghai in particular has 4.8 million yaks raised on vast pastoral land at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, which accounts for 96 percent of its total area.

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