云南瘤牛

Yunnan Zebu Cattle

本文报道了云南瘤牛的产地、分布、习性和形态特征，并探讨了其起源与形成。云南瘤牛产于云南省中部、南部和西南部热带及南亚热带地区，性能耐热、耐湿、抗蜱；据出土文物和历史记载，云南瘤牛可能起源于云南，云南是中国瘤牛的重要起源地。在自然放牧条件下，云南瘤牛具有良好的肉用性能，肌肉氨基酸含量高，营养丰富，具有高蛋白低脂肪的特点，肉质良好。是我国具有优良生物学特性和肉用性能的瘤牛品种之一。

Yunnan Zebus are distributed in tropical and south-subtropical regions of central,southern and southwestern Yunnan province.For centuries the porcesses of natural selection and survial of the fittest helped develop Yunnan zebu with resistance to heat,insect,humid,disease. Their typical colours are black,brown,red ,yellow and grey-white.According to the unearthed relics and historical documents. It is possible that the Yunnan zebus origin in Yunnan province,yunnan is one of the original regions of Chinese zebu.Yunnan zebus have good meat performance and meat quality under the condition of natural grazing.It is s good Bos indicus breed of the Chinese zebu.