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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Radiat Environ Biophys. 2010 Oct 12;50(1):10.1007/s00411-010-0334-9. doi: 10.1007/s00411-010-0334-9

Table 10.

Summary of agricultural practices in August–November in the 1950s.

Predominant ethnicity in village Dairy animal Period of pasturing on local pastures Location of pastures Consumption of pasture grass (kg d−1, fresh weight) Milking period
Kazakh Cow through 1 December 2–10 km around village 16/15a all time
Goat through 1 December 2–10 km around village 4 all time
Sheep through 1 December 2–10 km around village 5 August
Mare through 15 Septemberb in village and 1–2 km around 19 through 15 September
Russian Cow through 15 November 2–5 km around villagec 20/15a all time
Goat through 15 November 2–5 km around village 4 did not milk
Sheep through 15 November 2–5 km around village 5 did not milk
Mare through 15 November 2–5 km around village 25 did not milk
a

August–September/October–November.

b

In the middle of September mares (horses) are moved to distant pastures 30–100 km away from the village.

c

In Dolon pastures located only to the west and north from the village.