Study on the Morphological Characteristics of Skin and Hair Coat of Yak and the Adaptability to the Cold Living Environment

Selecting 6 heads of new yak strains(the offspring of reciprocal cross of F1 produced by wild yak male mated with domestic yak female)and 6 domestic yaks at 3 and 12 age in months respectively at Datong Yak Farm of Qinghai Province. This paper was studied for the morphological characteristics of the skin and hair coat of yak and their adaptability to the cold living environment in Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. The results indicated that it should be of vital importance marker for the morphological characteristics of the skin and hair coat with two type of yaks at 3 and 12 age in months and their regulations of growth and development to adapt to the cold living environment in Qinghai-Tibetan plateau,The main morphological indexes of the skin and hair coat of the rearing new yak strain were higher than those of the domestic yaks at the same age in months, or speak precisely, the new yak strain was more powerful adaptable to the alpine cold living environment than that of the domestic yaks. The resvlts above provided scientific basis for the native strain breeding of yak and the new yak strain rearing.

天祝白牦牛乳与甘南牦牛乳理化性质比较

对天祝白牦牛(Bos grunniens L.cv.Tianzhu white yak)与甘南牦牛(B.grunniens cv.Gannan yak)2个牦牛品种的牛乳理化性质进行了比较分析。结果表明,天祝白牦牛产乳量高于甘南牦牛;甘南牦牛乳中的蛋白质、脂肪、全脂固体含量高于天祝白牦牛乳,天祝白牦牛乳中非乳脂固体、乳糖含量和密度、酸度高于甘南牦牛乳,冰点差别不大;胎次对牦牛乳脂肪、非乳脂固体含量和酸度的影响较大,对蛋白质、全脂固体、乳糖含量和密度、冰点等影响不大。