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The Valais Blacknose is also present in Austria, Germany and Holland. [5] The total population reported in Switzerland for 2023 was 10 286 –19 732, with 9380 ewes registered in the herd-book; the conservation status of the breed is listed as 'not at risk'. [2]
A Valais Blackneck billy Engraving of a Valais Blackneck from the Journal des Eleveurs, 1905. The Valais Blackneck is a Swiss breed of domestic goat from the canton of Valais.It is distributed in southern Switzerland – the largest concentration is in the area of Visp (Viège) – and in neighbouring areas of northern Italy; it is present in modest numbers in Austria and Germany.
Conservation status: FAO ... Valais Blacknose; References This page was last edited on 16 December 2024, at 17:06 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep.Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature is the best known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. . Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmenta
The Southdown is a British breed of domestic sheep, [6]: 918 [2] the smallest of the British breeds. [7]: 23 It is a shortwool breed, and the basis of the whole Down group of breeds.
The Roux du Valais is endangered, largely due to lack of interest in the breed in favor of faster growing breeds. [1] It nearly became extinct in the 1980s, [3] but a breeders association formed in 1994, The Swiss Breeding Association for Valais Rural Sheep, along with Pro Specie Rara, has helped improve the breed's genetics and seen its numbers rebound somewhat. [1]
The Suffolk is a British breed of domestic sheep.It originated in the late eighteenth century in the area of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, as a result of cross-breeding when Norfolk Horn ewes were put to improved Southdown rams.