Yuanxing (beef cattle)

Yuanxing (Chinese: 源興牛; pinyin: Yuánxing níu) is an original Tajima strain's breed of Taiwanese beef cattle. This breed was found and purchased by former President of Taiwan Lee Teng-hui from Qingtiangang Grassland [zh] in Yangmingshan National Park in 2016, and originally imported from Japanese colonial government. The breed has originally 19 heads of cattle, and is currently raised in Hualien.[1][2][3]

Yuanxing
Country of originTaiwan
DistributionHualien
Usemeat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    600 kg
  • Female:
    400 kg
Coatblack brown
Horn statushorned in both sexes

References

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  1. ^ Huang, Tzu-ti (2020-07-31). "Former Taiwan president's unfulfilled dream of domestic Wagyu beef lives on". Taiwan News.
  2. ^ "Lee Teng-hui's Yuanxing Wagyu cattle project continues after his death". Formosa TV English News. 2020-08-03.
  3. ^ Chang, Chi; Pan, Tzu-yu; Yang, Shu-min; Hsu, Elizabeth (2020-07-31). "Lee Teng-hui's unfulfilled wish in eastern Taiwan". Focus Taiwan CNA English News. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14.