Table 4 Summary of type and characteristics of livestock in Xishuangbanna
Name | Origin | Population | Feed | Uses and function | Other characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yellow cattle | Local | Reduced | No stall-raising | Transport, manure, meat, sale, exchange, store of value | Various appearance colors, small size, no produce milk |
Buffalo | Local | Reduced | No stall-raising | Plowing, manure, meat, sale, exchange, store of value | Black and white colors, big size, no produce milk, plowing before and now instead of plowing machine, many household raised jointly |
Goat | Local | Reduced | No stall-raising | Consumption, manure, meat, sale, store of value | Various appearance colors, small size, fast running |
Donggua pig | Local | Reduced in low elevation, increased in middle and high elevation | No stall-raising before and pen-raising now | Consumption, manure, meat, lard, gifts, exchange, savings, sale | Small size and small ear, slow growth, more 1Â year raising, 50-70Â kg, high price, high nutritional value, good tasty, more fodder grain, few diseases |
Small ear pig | Local | Reduced in low elevation, increased in middle and high elevation | No stall-raising before and pen-raising now | Consumption, manure, meat, lard, gifts, exchange, savings, sale | Small size and small ear, slow growth, more 1-2 year raising, 70-80Â kg, high price, high nutritional value, good tasty, more fodder grain, few diseases |
Landrace pig | Imported | Reduced | No stall-raising before and pen-raising now | Consumption, manure, meat, lard, savings, sale | Big size and big ear, fast growth, 3-5 months raising, 150-200Â kg, low price, fattier, low nutritional value, low tasty, few disease |
Duroc pig | Imported | Steady | No stall-raising before and pen-raising now | Consumption, manure, meat, lard, savings, sale | Big size and big ear, fast growth, 3-5 months raising, 150-200Â kg, low price, fattier, low nutritional value, low tasty, few diseases |
Shuanghui pig | Imported | Reduced | No stall-raising before and pen-raising now | Consumption, manure, meat, lard, savings, sale | Big size and big ear, fast growth, 3-5 months raising, 150-200Â kg, low price, fattier, low nutritional value, low tasty, few diseases |
Chahua chicken | Local | Steady | No stall-raising | Consumption, sale, exchange, gifts, meat, eggs | Small size and small feet, slow growth, 1Â year raising, 1Â kg, high price, high nutritional value, high tasty, more hard bones, few diseases |
Cultivated chicken | Local | Increased | No stall-raising | Consumption, sale, exchange, gifts, meat, eggs | Medium size, fast growth, 6Â months raising, 1-3Â kg, high price, more eggs, high nutritional value, high tasty, few diseases |
Fighting chicken | Imported | Reduced | No stall-raising | Cockfighting game | Long feet, cockfighting game on Thursday and Friday |
Waidi chicken | Imported | Reduced | No stall-raising | Consumption, sale, exchange, gifts, meat, eggs | Big size, fast growth, 3-5 months raising, 2-5Â kg, low price, low tasty, fattier |
Drought duck | Local | Reduced | No stall-raising | Consumption, sale, exchange, gifts, meat, eggs | Small size, low growth, 6Â months raising, 2-4Â kg, high price, good tasty |
Water duck | Local | Reduced | No stall-raising | Consumption, sale, exchange, gifts, meat, eggs | Big size, fast growth, 3-5 months, 3-4Â kg, low price, low tasty |
Goose | Imported | Reduced | No stall-raising | Consumption, sale, exchange, gifts, meat | Big size, fast growth, 6-7 months raising, 5-6Â kg, medium tasty |