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Domesticated Yaks or Bos grunniens, are native to Nepalese Mountains and support many industries for Nepalese hillside farmers and pastoralists. (Dong. S. K., L. Wen, Zhu L, J. P. Lassoie, Z. L. Yan, K. K. Shrestha, 2009). Their milk is used for making butter and cheese and is in high demand in Asia and among tourists (FAO, 2003a). These beasts of burden’s waste is also used by locals as fuel and fertilizer (FAO, 2003). Finally, yaks have a thick and diversely textured fur coat that can have many functions (FAO, 2006). The long coarse outer coat is used traditionally for ropes, bags and tents, while the soft inner down is used for clothing and blankets (FAO, 2006). The average small herd size per farmer ranges from 7-15 heads, though larger herds (45+ heads) have shown to have greater profits (Dong. S. K., L. Wen, Zhu L, J. P. Lassoie, Z. L. Yan, K. K. Shrestha, 2009; Jianlin H., Richard C., Hanotte O., 2002). Thriving in the higher altitudes of well above 3000m in Nepal yaks can survive in extremely low temperatures (FAO, 2003). Their diet consists almost entirely of forage, and thus indigenous herders engage in a system of transhumant pastoralism, a system where herds are moved to different heights according to the season (Bauer, 1990). In the winter months when forage is hard to find, pastoralists in Nepal often supply hay and potatoes (Dong. S. K., L. Wen, Zhu L, J. P. Lassoie, Z. L. Yan, K. K. Shrestha, 2009; Jianlin H., Richard C., Hanotte O., 2002).