Shuxuan Flower Cattle

Shuxuan Flower Cattle

Shuxuan Flower Cattle is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　"Shuxuan Flower Cattle" is the result of a 33-year collaborative effort initiated in 1978 by the Sichuan Academy of Animal Husbandry Sciences, the Xuanhan County Animal Husbandry and Food Bureau of Sichuan Province, and other institutions in Xuanhan County, Sichuan. It is the fruit of collective wisdom from several generations of scientific and technical workers. This is the sixth new breed of dual-purpose (milk and meat) cattle developed in China since the founding of the People's Republic, and the first to be cultivated south of the Yellow River. It fills the gap in the cultivation of cattle breeds in southern China and Sichuan, marking a major scientific and technological achievement in the history of China's animal husbandry. This has significant practical implications and far-reaching historical significance for the development and growth of the dairy and beef cattle industries in Sichuan and even across the country, as well as for advancing modern animal husbandry.

　　"Shuxuan Flower Cattle" is a new dual-purpose breed developed by crossbreeding and innovating using the Sichuan Xuanhan Yellow Cattle as the dam line, and the Simmental cattle originally from Switzerland and the Holstein dairy bulls from the Netherlands as the sire line. Through backcrossing fixation and four generations of selection and breeding, this new breed was created. The cattle are gentle in temperament, characterized by rapid growth and development, superior milk and meat production performance, strong adaptability, tolerance to hot and humid climates, resistance to coarse feed, and broad adaptability to the high-temperature and high-humidity or low-temperature and high-humidity natural climates of southern China, as well as the relatively extensive feeding and management conditions in farming areas. They are widely welcomed by local communities and recognized by society.

　　Currently, the total population of "Shuxuan Flower Cattle" exceeds 30,000 head, mainly distributed across nearly 30 towns and townships in Xuanhan County. In the breeding area, there is a foundation herd of over 8,000 cows and more than 400 bulls, including over 1,300 cows in the core herd. The breed has now been promoted to provinces and municipalities such as Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Chongqing, Henan, Fujian, and Shanghai, as well as to nearly 20 cities (prefectures) within the province. A cumulative total of 560,167 beef cattle, 8,399 dairy cattle, and 897 breeding bulls have been sold outside the breeding area.