Issue Date:
1968
Reference:
Vostryakov P. N., & Mezhetskiy A. A. (1968). Olenevodstvo v Norvegii [Reindeer Husbandry in Norway]. 50 pp. Востряков П. Н., & Межецкий А.А. (1968). Оленеводство в Норвегии. М. 50с.
About:
Between 1965 and 1968 Vostryakov, & Mezhetskiy, two researchers of reindeer husbandry in the Soviet Union, traveled to Norway and investigated Sami reindeer Husbandry in Norway. The report on Reindeer Husbandry in Norway was published in the Soviet Union in 1968 and gives a new perspective on the research and management of reindeer husbandry in Norway in the 1960s.
The book describes the dynamics of the reindeer population, the organization of reindeer herding and the maintenance of reindeer herders, reindeer pastures and their use, the characteristics of reindeer, the productivity of reindeer herding, the organization of slaughter, the processing and sale of reindeer products, the veterinary service and measures to combat diseases, the transition of reindeer herders to a sedentary lifestyle, the introduction of mechanization in reindeer herding.
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