-A continued survey in Bayantsagaan County in Tuv Prefecture, Mongolia-

The objective of this paper is to clarify the characteristics and defining factors of the recovery from the "2000 Dzud (snow damages), " which occurred in three consecutive years from the end of1999 to 200l. The distinctive features of the "2000 Dzud " are that the devastating Dzud occurred in three consecutive years and that serious damage was caused, mainly to large livestock. The state of recovery from the 2000 Dzud is characteristic in that, although the total number of livestock recovered to its pre-Dzud level in 2006, four years after the event, large livestock were slow to recover their numbers and the increase in the total number of livestock was solely dependent on the increase of the goat population. The state of recovery is defined by the degree and extent of the Dzud damage (Note 12), and natura1 and technical factors including the breeding characteristics of livestock Among other factors pointed out are the teclmical factors including the relative advantage of caslunere production, and individual factors including differences in the impact of the Dzud damage, differences in the situation of the maintenance of the labor force and property acquisition, and differences in expenditures for family members. Large livestock are slow to recover their numbers, presumably because of their breeding characteristics. Also, behind the change in the composition of livestock is a decrease in the demand for large livestock as a result of the shift of transportation means to automobiles and other vehicles, and the change in the deman