Bestuzhev cattle

The Bestuzhev (Russian: Бестужевская, romanized: Bestuzhevskaya) is a dual-purpose cattle breed from Uzbekistan created in the Soviet era by crossing the native Zebu cattle with Dutch Brown Swiss and Simmental bulls.

The breed shows resistance to bovine leukosis.[1]:107

References

  1. Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed July 2017.


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