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The Churra is an Iberian type, breed or group of breeds of sheep. [2]: 920 [3]: 280 [4]: 107 The word churra simply means 'coarse-woolled'. The Churra originates in the Duero Valley in the autonomous community of Castile and León in north-western Spain. [2]: 920 In the province of Zamora the milk is used to make Zamorano cheese. [5]: 132
The Navajo-Churro, or Churro for short, [3] (also American or Navajo Four-Horned) is a breed of domestic sheep originating with the Spanish Churra sheep obtained by the Diné around the 16th century during the Spanish Conquest. [4] Its wool consists of a protective topcoat and soft undercoat.
The Churra Galega Bragançana Branca is a traditional rural breed of north-eastern Portugal, belonging to the widespread churra or coarse-wool Iberian type. It originates in the mountainous Terra Fria Transmontana [], the northern part of the District of Bragança, in the historical-geographical region of Trás-os-Montes.
Churra Algarvia: Algarve Churro: Churra Badana: Churra da Terra Quente: Churra do Campo: Churra do Minho: Churra Galega Bragançana Branca: Churra Galega Bragançana Preta: Churra Galega Mirandesa: Churra Mondegueira: Merina Branca: Merina da Beira Baixa: Merina Preta: Saloia
The Algarve Churro or Churra Algarvia is a Portuguese breed of domestic sheep. [3] It is distributed mainly in the Algarve and Alto Alentejo regions of southern Portugal, particularly in the arid Barrocal sub-region of the Algarve. [4]: 76 [5] It is primarily raised for its meat, although it also produces and is raised for carpet wool. [2]
A Gulf Coast Native sheep in Florida. The Gulf Coast Native is a breed of sheep found in the U.S. states bordering the Gulf Coast.Also occasionally known as the Louisiana Scrub, Pineywoods Native or simply Gulf Coast sheep, the breed is a mix of many of the sheep varieties brought to the Southern United States during the European colonization of the region.
DAD-IS (2009), "Churra/Spain", Domestic Animal Diversity Information System, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Desilva, Udaya; Fitch, Jerry (1995), "Navajo-Churro" , Breeds of Livestock , Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science, archived from the original on 23 January 2009 , retrieved 27 July 2010
By the 1980s, only 800 head remained, [3] and by time the breeders association was founded in 1992, there were only 400 Xalda left. [2] However, the founding if the Xalda breeders association in 1992, ACOXA (Asociaciòn de Criadores d'Oveya Xalda) helped the efforts to conserve the breed greatly, although it still suffers from a lack of genetic ...