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Yak in gilgit baltistan

I- Background



Gilgit Baltistan
• Government: Self-governing territory underPakistani control
• Area: 72,971 sq. km
• 1% Agriculture land 1%, mountains, rivers and glaciers (66%), rangelands (23%) and forest (4%)
(IUCN, 2002)
• Population: 2 million
• Districts: 7
• Literacy rate: 72%
• Highest mountains: K2( Mount Godwin Austan

II-Yak Habitat in Gilgit Baltistan
The yak (Bos grunniens and Bos mutus) is a long-haired mamal found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia.
Yak is locally named as 'Dong' in Gilgit Baltistan, the male is popularly known as yak and the female is called yakmo.
The Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) and Pamir mountain tract are key yak habitat where total global yak population as reported by FAO
(2003) was 14.2 million of which 93% were in China, about 0.04% in Mongolia and 0.01% in Gilgit Baltistan.

III-Importance of Yak
• Dairy Products (Milk, Butter, Chees, Yogurt
etc)
• Yak hair Sharma Carpets
• Yak blood can be used to produce high quality
plasma and insulin.
• Yak horns, hooves and internal organs can be used to produce medicines.


Yak meat
• Yak meat is very juicy due to it's high percentages of
Omega 3 oils
• Yak meat remains higher in protein, solids, minerals,
and vitamins than beef; while scoring much lower in
saturated fats, cholesterol, triglycerides, and calories
than beef
• Wild yak produces 1,000 more meat then domesticate yak.


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