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Dzo
A '''dzo''' (Tibetan language|Tibetan མཛོ་ mdzo ''tso'') is a male Hybrid (biology)|hybrid of a yak and domestic cattle. A female offspring is known as a ''dzomo'' or ''zhom''. Alternative Romanizations of the Tibetan names include '''zho''' and '''zo'''. In Mongolian language|Mongolian it is called '''khainag''' (хайнаг). There is also the English language wikt:Portmanteau word|portmanteau term of '''yakow'''; a combination of the words yak and cow, though this is rarely used.
Dzomo are fertile, while dzo are sterile. As they are a product of the hybrid genetic phenomenon of heterosis (hybrid vigor), they are larger and stronger than cattle or yak. In Mongolia and Tibet, khainags are thought to be more productive than cattle or yaks in terms of both milk and meat production.[Bataagiin Bynie: ''Mongolia: The Country Refort (sic!) On Animal Genetic Resources'', Ulaanbaatar 2002, p. 11] [Takase Hisabumi, Kh. Tumennasan et.al., Fertility Investigation in F1 Hybrid and Backcross Progeny of Cattle (Bos taurus) and Yak (B. gruniens) in Mongolia. : II. Little variation in gene products studied in male sterile and fertile animals, in: ''Niigata journal of health and welfare'' Vol.2, No.1, pp. 42-52] See also
- Bovid hybrid
- Yakalo
References
External links
- Yakow on a list of cows
Category:Hybrid bovines
Related Images- A pair of dzo, an adult and a juvenile.
- Dzo plowing
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