What is DZO?

dzo is a Tibetan word for the male descendants of the cross between domestic cattle and Jak. DZO is an ordinary animal with animals in Tibet, with large herds Yak and mixed hybrids sprinkled with Tibetan mountain areas. Physically, DZO and their female counterparts, known as Dzomo, are smaller than Yaks, but larger than domestic cattle. Although it is not absolute, DZO will usually be present with the facial features reminiscent of a cow, but with a furry coat and corners characteristic of Yak. Similar Bovid hybrids are also common for Mongolia and areas surrounding the Himalayas, known as khainag , zho or zo .

Tibetans, Mongoličans and other cultures use DZO and Dzomos as a pack of animals in high mountain areas, almost the same as purebred Yaks. Cultures living at high altitudes such as the Himalayas, relying on animals with force and physiological characteristics needed to carry heavy loads after long, strenuous after the roughMountain conditions. Animals must therefore have the ability to breathe all the air with high heights and dexterity for navigating difficult mountain terrain. Compared to purebred Yak, DZO is more agile because of their ancestors of cows, but without the lung challenges that cattle suffer at high altitudes.

6 Since dietary requirements for yaks, cattle and hybrids are the same, maintenance for large herds is relatively simple and allows herds to maximize the usefulness of each animal. The production of milk and meat from Bovid hybrids is reportedly higher than purebred Yaks. Meat, milk and hiding not only nutrition to herdsmen and their families, but also commodities for further sale.

for breeding purposes, DZO has little to her shepherds to no value professional breeders. The descendants of men are sterile, similar to the mules. On the other hand, unlike Mules and DZO, Dzomos is able to carry young and breeding canAT back to purebred yak or cattle. Serious breeders and herdsmen will cross the Dzomo back to purebred in an effort to ensure only the best features of Yak and cattle in future descendants.

scientists studied Yak and domestic cattle in the Himalayan region in an effort to determine how and why Yak adapted so well to altitude over 10,000 feet (3,048 meters). Studies show that Yak has low pulmonary artery pressure, genetic adaptation gave a hybrid offspring. Such results emphasize the possible reason why Yak, DZO and Dzomo do not suffer from the same pulmonary hypertension as cattle when they are exposed to red air at high height. The hope of answers to the human lung function and adaptation is to understand how beef, camelide and similar species adapt to the genetic level to these conditions.