Koundoum, Goundou, Tillabery Sheep
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Niger
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Wool; meat; milk
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Confined to the flood plains of the River Niger in central Mali and downstream in a narrow band on each side of the river as far as Niamey; owned primarily by the Fulani pastoral and agro-pastoral communities; some transhumant management involves short treks outside the inundation zone during the period of maximum flood; they are maintained under a sophisticated system of flock stratification involving milking, breeding, slaughter and wool producing subunits (Wilson, 1991).