Breeding

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Breeding

Mongolian goat farming The 'angora' Mongolian goat is specially bred for its coat, used as a raw material. © Nomade

With 80% of its territory dedicated to pasture, the country's livestock is by far higher in number than the population, the estimation being of 31 million heads. The cattle is essential because it provides milk, wool, and even sometimes hide and meat. Camels, horses, ovines, caprines or bovine cattle, the Mongol nomads have got used to classifying them according to some aspects of their morphology. For example, the big snouts, the small snouts, the short legs...