Wenshan Cattle
文山牛
(most common name)

Wenshan Cattle are found in the Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou province, China.

Wenshan Cattle have been described in early work and have a long history in the established literature.

In the early 1980s, Wenshan Cattle were used in crossbreeding experiments with Hereford, Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn.

Wenshan Cattle paternal lineages are effectively zebu; their maternal lineages contain both taurine and zebu. However another breed of this area, the Nujiang, receives almost equal influences from taurine and zebu.

This page was last updated on: 2024-05-06

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