Opening of a new livestock breeding complex of the Bytantay farm for120 Yakutian cattle, in the vill

Opening of a new livestock breeding complex of the Bytantay farm for120 Yakutian cattle, in the village of Batagay-Alta (Sakha Republic,Russia, 2018).The Eveno-Bytantaysky District is the only region where Yakutiancattle are kept in genetic purity.  Their remote location has helpedto keep the breed pure.Yakutian cattle are relatively small, and they can survive at verylow temperatures.  They grow subcutaneous fat very quickly during theshort pasture season, and can survive through the poor feedconditions of winter.  Other adaptations to the cold are a thickwinter coat, a fur-covered udder or scrotum, and low metabolic ratesat low temperatures.The Yakuts people brought their cattle with them when they migratedfrom the southern Baikal regions to the lower reaches of the Lena,Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Rivers in the 1200s.  They also broughtwith them the Yakutian horse, which along with the cattle formed thebasis of the Sakha culture of meat and dairy livestock.Yakutian cattle remained purebred until 1929, when there wasextensive crossbreeding with other breeds.  Many other cattlevarieties were lost due to this, but the Yakutian breed was savedthanks to traditional cattle breeders and scientists.  Today, thereare about 1200 pure Yakutian cattle in the Sakha Republic, most ofthem in the Eveno-Bytantaysky District. -- source link

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