The Bestuzhev () is a dual-purpose cattle breed from Uzbekistan created in the Soviet era by crossing the native Zebu cattle with Dutch Brown Swiss and Simmental bulls.
The breed shows resistance to bovine leukosis.
References Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. . Archived 23 June 2020. EAAP description and history, archived from the original.
External links Domestic Animal Diversity Information System hosted by FAO; images and breed description
Red Dual-purpose Breeds: Bestuzhev (Bestuzhevskaya). FAO Animal Production and Health Paper 65: Animal genetic resources of the USSR. N.G. Dmitriev & L.K. Ernst (eds.). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, 1989.