Agenda: Sustainable Development of Herd Horse Breeding.
Location: Yakutsk, the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).
Date: September 4-6, 2006.
The official site: www.sakha-horse.com

Participants: 18 special guests from Japan, Mongolia, France, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other countries have proved their participation, up to Aug. 4.

DESCRIPTION:

The congress will have a scientific conference (sections: ‘ The Technology of Breeding and Ecologically Clean Production ', ‘ Veterinary Medicine in Horse Breeding ', ‘ The Social Impact of Historical and Cultural Traditions of Herd Horse Breeding '), workshops, seminars, etc.

The agenda contains guests' travel to Verkhoyansky and Amginsky districts with the purpose to acquire a familiarity with the system of breeding Yakutian horses.

Note: Republic live farm has more than 130 thousands head of horses, including 12.5 thousands stud horses. Besides, Yakutia has five stud farms and 25 stud collective farms whose representatives also prepare to participate in the work of the congress.

Related links:

Yakut Horse: Breed Types, Economical and Biological Features
Written by N.D. Alexeev, N.P. Stepanov