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This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate in Canada and the United States. [1] [2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
A breeders' association, the American Tunis Sheep Breeders Association, was constituted in 1896. [4]: 156 The Tunis is listed as "watch" on the watchlist of the Livestock Conservancy. [3] Tunis sheep have been added to the Slow Food Ark of Taste. [6]
The Merinizzata Italiana is a modern Italian breed of dual-purpose sheep from southern Italy. [1]: 246 [2] It was created in the twentieth century by cross-breeding local Italian stock with imported Merino breeds from France and Germany.
The Gentile di Puglia is a breed of domestic sheep indigenous to southern Italy. [3] [4] It originates from the Tavoliere di Foggia, a large plain in the northern part of Puglia, and is raised mainly in that region; a few are found in neighbouring regions. [4] The Gentile di Puglia is sometimes known as the Merinos d'Italia, or Italian merino. [4]
In 2016, area code 614 was overlaid with 380 in the Columbus/Central Ohio area for the same reason. In 2020, 326 was added as an all services overlay for 937. Area code 283 was added as an overlay for 513 on April 28, 2023. [2] [3] Area code 436 went into service on March 1, 2024, as an overlay of 440. [4]
The Charmoise is white-faced and white-woolled; it is polled in both sexes. Rams stand some 65 cm (26 in) at the withers, and ewes about 5 cm less. [2] [5] Average body weights have increased by some 10–15 kg since the mid-twentieth century; in 2016 the weight ranges were given as 80–95 kg (175–210 lb) for rams and 55–65 kg (120–145 lb) for ewes.
The Barbaresca is one of the seventeen autochthonous Italian sheep breeds for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders. [5] In 1983 the breed population was estimated at 75,000 head, of which 5500 were registered. [2]
The name means "black-brown mountain sheep". It is one of the four principal sheep breeds of Switzerland. It is present also in Austria, Germany and Italy, and in those countries is known as the Juraschaf. [3] [2] [4] The first official description is from 1925, [5] the breed standard dates from 1941, and the herdbook was established in 1979. [6]
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