The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has approved the Himalayan Yak as a ‘food animal’. The move is expected to help check decline in the population of the high-altitude bovine ...

The Himalayan yak has been accepted as a food animal by the scientific panel of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), after recommendation from Department of Animal Husbandry and ...

Melodee Smith just wanted one yak when she drove to Cold Spring, Minn., years ago. When she returned to Clear Spring Farm in Welch, Minn., she had seven. Now, with 35 yak in her herd, and nine more on ...

The Food Safety & Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has declared the Himalayan Yak can be used in the dairy market. The decision was reportedly taken after the Arunachal Pradesh-based ICAR-National ...

According to (National Research Centre) NRC-Yak Director Dr Mihir Sarkar, the Yak population in the country is decreasing at an alarming rate over the years. The move will make the high-altitude ...

All wild cattle have a keen sense of smell, and the yak is no exception. Yaks are constantly sniffing to collect information about each other, their enemies, and food sources. Males spend a great deal ...

Though placid enough to be managed by humans, yaks are robust enough to survive at 4,000 meters altitude. Genomic analyses show that yak domestication began several millennia ago and was promoted by ...

Rick Rovegno has climbed mountains on every continent except Africa and Antarctica. The Carlisle-area man, a former Cumberland County commissioner, knows the risks. He’s experienced falls. He’s ...

WELCH — From a distance, Melodee Smith's herd looks like a unusually fuzzy group of cattle. They're black with some white and brown and stand about stomach high on the average human. While in stature ...

The classification of the yak as a food animal is intended to slow the decrease of the high-altitude bovine population. Classifying yak as a food animal will commercialize yak milk and meat products ...