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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.
United States Meat, wool California Variegated Mutant: CVM, Romeldale/CVM [31] United States [31] Wool [31] Cambridge: United Kingdom meat Cameroon: West Africa [32] Meat [33] Campanian Barbary: Italy [34] Meat, milk [34] Canadian Arcott: Canada [35] Meat [36] Cărăbaşă: Black-headed Teleorman Tigaie Romania Castlemilk Moorit: Castlemilk ...
Pages in category "Sheep breeds originating in the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Sheep breeds originating in the United States (20 P) This page was last edited on 15 January 2021, at 09:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Long wool sheep are most valued for crossbreeding to improve the attributes of other sheep types. For example: the American Columbia breed was developed by crossing Lincoln rams (a long wool breed) with fine-wooled Rambouillet ewes. Coarse or carpet wool sheep are those with a medium to long length wool of characteristic coarseness. Breeds ...
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The rya sheep is a medium-sized sheep with relatively short legs, and has strong and shiny long wool fibers. [3] The legs, tail, forehead, cheek, and crown do not have wool. [ 3 ] For a three-month-old lamb, the wool can be 6 in (15 cm) long, and for an adult, the wool can be up to 12 in (30 cm) long. [ 4 ]
In 1986 the breed was being commercialised and the Australian Carpet Wool Industry established. The effect of the Elliottdale gene (El) is similar to the Drysdale, Tukidale and Carpetmaster genes (N series genes) in the Romney breed, and is at a different locus on the chromozone. The El gene is semi-dominant (allowing homozygous lambs to be ...