Liangshan Yellow Cattle

Liangshan Yellow Cattle

　　Liangshan Yellow Cattle

　　Breed Description

　　Origin and Distribution: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province.

　　Physical Characteristics: Small and agile body, relatively short torso, well-proportioned and compact build. The coat comes in various colors, with yellow, spotted, reddish-purple, and black being the most common. Both bulls and cows have horns, which can be of types such as embracing purple horn, pointed horn, taro horn, sunlight horn, etc.; head and neck length are moderate, bulls have well-developed and wrinkled shoulders with high shoulder humps, forequarters higher than hindquarters; cows have smaller dewlaps, low and thin withers, hindquarters higher than forequarters, wide and deep chests, straight front waists, medium-length rumps, often sloping, small udders in cows, well-balanced.

　　Breed Performance: General work performance; they begin to be used at age 3–4, with a working life of 15–18 years, and can be worked for 60–130 days per year. The slaughter rate is 50.9%. Cows have a strong seasonal breeding pattern, mainly concentrated between April and October, typically giving birth to two calves every three years.