YAK (POEPHAGUS GRUNNIENS L) OF INDIA

Abstract

SUMMARYThe staggering population of 40 thousand from an imposing number of 132 thousand of 1977 in the Himalayan states of India has evoked a concern for adopting measures for conservation and irnprovements. The dwindling population is triggering the highlander's economy from bad to worse. Rearing in the precinct of high hills in very small population units conjoint with the absence of any scientific breeding policy has resulted in visible diversification of physical conformation (colour, shape, size of body and horn characteristics) and deterioration in productive proficiency of the yaks of India.