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The Dorper is an easy-care breed which requires minimal input of labour. The Dorper has a thick skin, which is highly prized and protects the sheep under harsh climatic conditions. The Dorper skin is the most sought-after sheepskin in the world [citation needed] and is marketed under the name of Cape Glovers. The skin comprises a high ...
Young flock of ewe lambs Flock in Mudgegonga, Victoria, Australia. The Australian White is an Australian breed of meat sheep. It derives from selective breeding of White Dorper, Van Rooy, Poll Dorset and Texel sheep, with the aim of creating a large white sheep suited to Australian conditions, and with a self-shedding hair coat.
It is documented as far back as the fifteenth century, but the present German name was not used before 1884; the breed standard dates from 1962. In the past there was some cross-breeding with imported sheep: in the nineteenth century with Bergamasca and Cotswold stock, [4]: 940 and in the twentieth century with the Southdown. [3]: 280
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. Some sheep breeds have a hair coat and are known as haired sheep.
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Fat-tailed sheep at a livestock market in Kashgar, China. The fat-tailed sheep is a general type of domestic sheep known for their distinctive large tails and hindquarters. . Fat-tailed sheep breeds comprise approximately 25% of the world's sheep population, [1] and are commonly found in northern parts of Africa, the Middle East, and various Central Asian countries, Afghanistan, Pakistan and ...
This is a list of the mammal species of Vietnam. ... Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats) Subfamily: Bovinae. ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark ...
[5]: 800 A breeders' society, the Dorset Horn Sheep Breeders' Association, was set up in 1891 [7] and the first flock book was published in the following year. [ 8 ] [ 3 ] The Dorset Horn was exported to many countries, among them Australia, South Africa and the United States, where the first arrivals were in the 1860s, and where substantial ...