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- The National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) has launched a “milk parlour,” named Nyukmadung Dairy, at the centre’s yak farm in Nyukmadung.
- It is located in West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh
- Yak milk is creamy white, thick, sweetish, fragrant and rich in protein, fat, lactose and minerals and total solids than cow milk.
- It contains 15.63-19.63 percent total solids with 5.29-8.73 percent fat, 3.45-4.27 percent protein and 0.64-0.82 percent ash.
- The Nyukmadung Dairy, situation about 2,800 metres above sea level.
- It aims to popularise a range of products from the milk of the animal that’s referred to as the ‘ship of the Himalayas’.
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