Due to the favourable geographical and climatic conditions of Myanmar, nobody can deny that our country possesses abundant water and land resources. One more gift of nature can be seen in the North-West of Myanmar on the Chin mountain ranges which are a sort of the cattle ‘the mythun,’ which is not fully domesticated.

The mythun is regarded as an essential item in Chin cultural ceremonies and traditional feasts. The male mythun have no humps. The horns of the mythuns are longer and bigger than that of the ox and flat at the bottom. The short and thick tail is hairy. The head is of triangular shape and the eyes are bright. The mythuns are nearly 6feet long, 5feet high, 7 feet in girth.

They like soft green-leaves, vines and bamboos. They are hardy and can wander on the cliffs, the mountain slopes and can resist the elements. A salient point is that they are very fond of salt and when want sufficient salt, they return to their owner. The females start giving birth at age two, and so on being reproductive once annually till they are 17. Usually a female gives birth from 10 to 20 offspring in her entire life. The mythun can be slaughtered for meat when it is one year old. The meat is very soft and tender and very low in cholesterol. The mythun of the genus Bos-Frontalis are successfully bred in Myanmar especially in Kachin State, Chin State and Lae Shee region in Sagaing Region and there are over 34 thousand of them. The Government has laid down plans to provide the breeding techniques and disease control to export.

There are now being bred extensively with the encouragement of the Government, the World Mythun Breeding Camp will be established in our country in the near future.