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The Churra is an Iberian type, breed or group of breeds of sheep. [2]: 920 [3]: 280 [4]: 107 The word churra simply means 'coarse-woolled'. The Churra originates in the Duero Valley in the autonomous community of Castile and León in north-western Spain. [2]: 920 In the province of Zamora the milk is used to make Zamorano cheese. [5]: 132
The Spanish Churra (renamed Churro by American frontiersmen) was first imported to North America in 1598 by Juan de Oñate and used to feed Spanish armies and settlers. [9] [10] By the 17th century, Churros were popular with the Spanish settlers in the upper Rio Grande Valley. The Diné acquired Churro flocks by trading.
Herd-book registration began in 1991, and a breed society, the Associação Nacional de Criadores de Ovinos da Raça Churra Galega Bragançana, was established. [ 3 ] : 12 In 2024 the total number was estimated to be 30 062 –33 434 head, with a breeding stock of 15 329 ewes and 548 rams in 157 flocks; [ 2 ] [ 7 ] its conservation status was ...
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.
A Gulf Coast Native sheep in Florida. The Gulf Coast Native is a breed of sheep found in the U.S. states bordering the Gulf Coast.Also occasionally known as the Louisiana Scrub, Pineywoods Native or simply Gulf Coast sheep, the breed is a mix of many of the sheep varieties brought to the Southern United States during the European colonization of the region.
The Algarve Churro or Churra Algarvia is a Portuguese breed of domestic sheep. [3] It is distributed mainly in the Algarve and Alto Alentejo regions of southern Portugal, particularly in the arid Barrocal sub-region of the Algarve. [4]: 76 [5] It is primarily raised for its meat, although it also produces and is raised for carpet wool. [2]
Canada Canadian Kennel Club: Independent [15] Chile Kennel Club de Chile Yes [16] China China Kennel Union Yes [17] Colombia Asociación Club Canino Colombiano Yes [18] Costa Rica Asociación Canófila Costarricense Yes [19] Croatia Hrvatski Kinološki Savez Yes [20] Cuba Federación Cinólogica de Cuba Yes [21] Cyprus Cyprus Kennel Club Yes [22]
By the 1980s, only 800 head remained, [3] and by time the breeders association was founded in 1992, there were only 400 Xalda left. [2] However, the founding if the Xalda breeders association in 1992, ACOXA (Asociaciòn de Criadores d'Oveya Xalda) helped the efforts to conserve the breed greatly, although it still suffers from a lack of genetic ...