RATIONAL USE OF PASTURES IN YAK BREEDING AND MEAT CATTLE BREEDING

Abstract

There are more than 50,000 yaks and more than 25,000 beef cows of different generations in Kyrgyzstan, mostly raised in the highlands. The Republic has vast areas of high mountain pastures located at an altitude of 2.5 thousand meters above sea level, pastures compatible with natural, climatic and forage conditions. Such pastures are used quite well only by yaks and beef cattle. In this regard, yaks and beef cattle do not compete with other animal species on an ecological scale. On the contrary, it increases the efficiency of the use and formation of mountain pastures due to the correct placement of livestock when grown in high mountain regions.