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YAK (POEPHAGUS GRUNNIENS L) OF INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2011

R. N. Pal
R. N. Pal
Affiliation:
National Research Centre on Yak, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dirang - 790101, West Kameng Dist., Arunachal Pradesh, INDIA
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Summary

The staggering population of 40 thousand from an imposing number of 132 thousand of 1977 in the Himalayan states of India has evoked a concern for adopting measures for conservation and irnprovements. The dwindling population is triggering the highlander's economy from bad to worse. Rearing in the precinct of high hills in very small population units conjoint with the absence of any scientific breeding policy has resulted in visible diversification of physical conformation (colour, shape, size of body and horn characteristics) and deterioration in productive proficiency of the yaks of India.

Resume

La chute rapide des effectifs de Yak de 132 000 en 1977 à 40 000 dans les états Himalayens de l'Inde a provoqué une prise de conscience de l'urgence de mesures de conservation et d'amélioration. Cette diminution tire l'économie des montagnards de mauvais à pire. L'élevage de petites populations dans le milieu clos des hautes montagnes, joint a l'absence de plans d'accouplements, entraîne des changements phénotypiques perceptibles (couleur, taille, conformation, forme des cornes) et une détérioration des performances des Yaks en Inde.

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Research Articles
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Animal Genetic Resources/Resources génétiques animales/Recursos genéticos animales , Volume 12 , April 1993 , pp. 59 - 67
Copyright
Copyright © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1993

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