Camels, Goats and Horses - the most important livestock species in Oman
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The aim of this contribution is to introduce three livestock species of Oman – camels, goats and horses. Even though cattle and sheep are nowadays very numerous in Oman, too, the three mentioned species were identified as being part of the country’s long tradition of nomadic and semi-nomadic livestock keeping and can thus be called the most important livestock species of Oman. FAO data from 2004 state that there are about 854 thousand goats and almost 99 thousand camels in Oman. There are no figures on horses available.
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