Yuanxing (beef cattle)
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
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| Distribution | Hualien |
| Use | meat |
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| Coat | black brown |
| Horn status | horned in both sexes |
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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 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]
References
[edit]- ^ Huang, Tzu-ti (2020-07-31). "Former Taiwan president's unfulfilled dream of domestic Wagyu beef lives on". Taiwan News.
- ^ "Lee Teng-hui's Yuanxing Wagyu cattle project continues after his death". Formosa TV English News. 2020-08-03.
- ^ 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.
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