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As of 2006, 4.3 million Canadians, or 14% of the population, were of Irish descent, [152] while around one-third of the Australian population had an element of Irish descent. [153] As of 2013, there were 40 million Irish-Americans [154] and 33 million Americans who claimed Irish ancestry. [155]
Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]
Soay sheep. The Soay sheep is a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a population of feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre) island of Soay in the St Kilda Archipelago, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) from the Western Isles of Scotland. It is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds.
Ireland's national breeding herd comprises 1.5 million dairy cows and 889,000 suckler cows, making Ireland's suckler cow herd the third largest in the world, following France and Spain. [13] Furthermore, Ireland is noticed as a significant competitor in beef exports on the world stage, accounting for about 1.6 billion euros in exports yearly.
Galway sheep. The Galway sheep is a breed of domestic sheep originating in County Galway, in the west of Ireland, based on the earlier Roscommon sheep of neighbouring County Roscommon. [1] They are a large, polled, white-faced sheep, having a characteristic bob of wool on the head and legs. The outer lips are of a dark colour and dark spots on ...
In 2007, New Zealand even declared 15 February their official National Lamb Day to celebrate the country's history of sheep production. [51] The First Fleet brought the initial population of 70 sheep from the Cape of Good Hope to Australia in 1788. [52] The next shipment was of 30 sheep from Calcutta and Ireland in 1793. [52]
Appearance. European mouflon have a body length of up to 120 cm, a shoulder height of 90 cm, a weight of 25 to 40 kg for ewes, 35 to 55 kg for the ram. The European mouflon has a smooth hairy coat, the rams are fox red-brown in the summer, usually with a whitish saddle patch, the ewes are brownish. Both sexes are darker in winter.
The National Sheep Identification System (NSIS) is a government regulation -based system in Ireland for identifying sheep. It was introduced as part of the EU -wide system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals in December 2003. These measures were introduced following the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak.