BRUCELLOSIS OF DOMESTIC REINDEER: HEALTH MEASURES IN ANABAR NATIONAL (DOLGANO-EVENKI) ULUS (REGION) OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAKHA (YAKUTIA)
Northern domestic reindeer herding in the Arctic zone of Yakutia is a traditional and ethno-conserving industry of small indigenous minorities of the North (Dolgan, Evenk, Even, Yukagir, Chukchi). Anabar region is a place of compact residence of one of the indigenous Arctic ethnic groups - the Dolgans. They preserved a unique traditional method of keeping and breeding domestic reindeer. There are three disadvantaged points on the brucellosis of domestic reindeer in the Anabar Ulus. Brucellosis is a highly contagious zooanthroponotic disease common to animals and humans. The economy suffers from abortions, low birth rate, reduced productivity. The disease has a social impact and also constitutes a potential barrier to trade and exchange of reindeer, products and hides, and stock breeding. The article contains data on the health improvement of disadvantaged herds of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) from reindeer brucellosis.