Africander cattle exhibit good resistance to heat, a high level of tick resistance, quiet temperament and a satisfactorily high level of fertility under harsh conditions. Handbook of Australian Livestock, A.

Raised and exhibited in much of North America and Europe, the Alaskan Malamute dog is a popular for home sledding. Many owners and their Alaskan Malamutes compete in weight-pulling contests. The dogs take to it quite naturally in fact, enthusiastically with many capable of shifting one-ton loads over a short distance.

This breed was created in the northern regions of Caucasus in Russia by crossing Kabarda mares with Thoroughbred stallions at the Malokarachaevski and Malkin studs. The Thoroughbred breeding comprises from 25 to 75 percent in the present day Anglo-Kabarda breed.

The Kalmyk breed is considered an improved one. They are large animals with well-devloped skeleton, musculature and hiar cover and have a great capacity for carrying loads and for work. Kalmyk Bactrians are reared primarily in the Kalmyk ASSR, Astrakhan region of RSFSR and in Guryev, Mangyshlak, Ural and Kzyl-Orda regions of the Kazakh SSR.

Appenninica, Bariscianese, Chietina Varzese, Perugina del piano. Rams and ewes are polled. The breed is reared in small or medium size flocks, that usually are not the only economic source of the farm. 5 kg in the rams and 2. 5 kg in the ewes;.

This breed is found throughout China. They are a meat breed, usually black but occasionally with white markings. The breed originated in 1962 from crossing Berkshire and Large White with local breeds including Dingxian, Shenxian and Zhouxian. A World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties.

Body deep blue-purple accented by yellow eye ring and bold yellow along mandible bottom. Central and southern Brazil, western Bolivia and northeast Paraguay.