Table 10.
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 |
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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 |
August–September/October–November.
In the middle of September mares (horses) are moved to distant pastures 30–100 km away from the village.
In Dolon pastures located only to the west and north from the village.