page_title: Orkhon sheep
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Orkhon sheep / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Front page of the first certificate confirming Orkhon sheep breed, January.01.1961
context_page_description: The Orkhon is a Mongolian breed of sheep first developed in 1961. This medium, semi-fine wool breed is now reared primarily for wool.
context_section_description: In 1942 then-Council of Ministers (Cabinet) of Mongolia issued a resolution to develop domestic fine and semi-fine wool breeds to meet the increased national manufacturing demand. Selection and breeding works started in 1942 with successive cross-breeding of Soviet Tsigai and Altay rams. 
  The first certificate confirming the breed was issued on January 1, 1961, by then-Standards and Measurements Authority of People's Republic of Mongolia to the breed's developer, researcher and veterinarian T.Ayurzana (1910-1972).
caption: Front page of the first certificate confirming Orkhon sheep breed, January.01.1961
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