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  2. Dorper - Wikipedia

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    The Dorper is a fast-growing meat-producing sheep. The Dorper is an easy-care animal that produces a short, light coat of wool and hair that is shed in late spring and summer. It was developed in South Africa and is now the second most popular breed in that country. The Dorper Sheep Breeders Society of South Africa was founded in 1950.

  3. Australian White sheep - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Domestic sheep reproduction - Wikipedia

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    Sheep have a breeding season (tupping) in the autumn, though some can breed year-round. [1] As a result of the influence of humans on sheep breeding, ewes often produce multiple lambs. This increase in lamb births, both in number and birth weight, may cause problems with delivery and lamb survival, requiring the intervention of shepherds. [2]

  5. Sheep farming - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. 'My heart was always just with the sheep.' One Navajo's push ...

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    Begay's parents had grown up raising livestock, and their dad had always wanted to raise sheep and cattle, but it was a hard way to make a living. In a family with seven children, Begay and their ...

  7. Red Maasai sheep - Wikipedia

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    The breed is a hair sheep, meaning it does not produce wool, though it may have a shaggy coat of hair. It is also a fat-tailed sheep breed known for visibly large fat deposits in its tail and hindquarters. Red Maasai are medium-to-large bodied sheep. [6] [2] These factors mean the Red Maasai is suited to meat production instead of fiber.

  8. List of sheep breeds - Wikipedia

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    Meat, wool Boreray sheep: Scotland Meat, wool Bovec sheep: Bovška Ovca, Plezzana, Trentarka, Krainer Steinschaf Italy Meat, milk Braunes Bergschaf: Brown Mountain sheep [25] Germany [25] Meat, vegetation management [26] Brazilian Somali: Berbera Blackhead [27] Somalia [27] Meat [28] Brianzola: Italy Meat British Milksheep: United Kingdom [29 ...

  9. Valais Blacknose - Wikipedia

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    The Valais Blacknose is a dual-purpose breed, reared for both meat and wool. The wool is coarse: fibre diameter averages approximately 38 microns, and staple length is 100 mm (4 in) or more. [4]: 940 The annual yield of wool is about 4 kg (10 lb) per head. [3]: 281 Near Zermatt, with the Matterhorn in the background