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According to the Agricultural Ministry of the Republic of Dagestan the movement of sheep from summer pastures to the winter ones began in the region. Now more than 190 thousand sheep and goats have been carried to the lowlands. As usually the animals are moved by transport and on foot. To the end of October about 23 300 heads of Dagestan mountain breed of sheep have been moved by transport. The best results have the following districts: in Gunibsky district they moved 41 thousand animals, Botlikhsky district – about 32 thousand sheep, Levashinsky district – 20 thousand animals, Khunsakhsky district – 16 210 heads of sheep and goats. It’s planned to move on the winter pastures about 1, 5 million heads of small cattle. Altogether to the beginning of the year there were about 5 million heads of sheep and 53 thousand heads of goats in the republic. The part of this flick moves from the winter pastures to the summer ones and return twice a year. Before the beginning of the movement the veterinarians explores the flock. The farmers have prepared necessary amount of forage yet. |
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