Sheep Breeds: Working with Animals

Sheep breeds are differentiated from others. Sheep are very small and adaptable ruminant mammals. Its nutritional requirements are minimal and easily filled in low-tech pastures. Most farms and farms are in small quantities and due to their efficiency in food conversion and the excellent quality of their products are increasingly used for purely productive purposes.

The ewes mainly supply meat, milk, and wool, but also supply man with other products such as manure, skin, and hair. Their development requires a small investment and is very manageable for their quiet temperament.

List of Sheep Breeds

Name	Alternative name	Origin	Purpose
Acıpayam	—	Turkey	Meat, wool
Adal	—	Ethiopia	Meat
Afghan Arabi	—	Afghanistan	Meat
Africana	Camura, Colombian Wooless, Pelona, Red African, Rojo Africana, West African	Colombia	Meat, woolly items
Afrikaner	Cape fattest tail	South Africa	Meat, pelts honed
Afrino	—	South Africa	Meat, wool, crossbreeding
Alai	—	Kyrgyzstan	Meat, wool
Alcarreña	—	Spain	Meat
Algarve Churro	—	Portugal	Meat
Algerian sheep	Ouled Jellal, Western Thin-tailed	Algeria	Meat
Alpines Steinschaf	—	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Altay	—	China	Meat
American Blackbelly	—	United States	Trophy hunting
Ancon	Otter sheep	United States	—
Appenninica	Appenninica, Bariscianese, Chietina Varzese, Perugina del piano	Italy	Meat
Arabi	—	Iran, Iraq	Meat
Arapawa	—	New Zealand	Wool
Arkhar-Merino	—	Kazakhstan	Wool
Armenian Semicoarsewool	Armyanskaya Polugrubosherstnaya	Armenia	Meat, milk
Askanian	Askaniysky	Ukraine	Wool
Assaf	—	Israel	Meat, milk
Aussiedown	—	Australia	Meat
Australian White	—	Australia	Meat
Awassi	Ivesi, Baladi, Deiri, Syrian, Ausi, Nuami, Gezirieh	South Eastern Anatolia, Syro-Arabian desert	Milk
Braunes Bergschaf	Brown Mountain sheep	Germany	Meat, vegetation management
Brazilian Somali	Berbera Blackhead	Somalia	Meat
Brianzola	—	Italy	Meat
British Milk sheep	—	United Kingdom	Milk
Border Leicester	—	United Kingdom	meat, wool
Bündner Oberland	Graubünden, Grisons	Switzerland	Vegetation management
California Red	—	United States	Meat, wool
California Variegated Mutant	CVM, Romeldale/CVM	United States	Wool
Cameroon sheep	—	West Africa	Meat
Campanian Barbary	—	Italy	Meat, milk
Canadian Arcott	—	Canada	Meat
Cărăbaşă	Black-headed Teleorman Tigaie	Romania	—
Castlemilk Moorit	Castlemilk Shetland, Moorit Shetland	Scotland	Hobby
Charmoise	—	France	Meat
Charollais	—	France	Meat
Cheviot	—	Scotland	Meat, wool
Border Cheviot	South Country Cheviot	United Kingdom	Meat
Brecknock Hill Cheviot	Brecon Cheviot, Sennybridge Cheviot	Wales	Meat
North Country Cheviot	—	Scotland	Meat
Chios	—	Island of Chios	Milk
Cholistani	—	Pakistan	Meat
Churra	Spanish Churro	Spain	Meat, milk
Cigaja	—	Croatia	Wool, milk
Cikta	—	Hungary	Meat
Çine Çaparı	—	Turkey	—
Clun Forest	—	England	Meat, milk, wool
Coburger Fuchsschaf	Coburg Fox Sheep	Germany	Vegetation management
Columbia	—	United States	Wool
Comeback	—	Australia	Meat, wool
Comisana	Lentinese, Red Head, Testa rossa, Faccia rossa	Italy	Milk
Coolalee	—	Australia	Meat
Coopworth	—	New Zealand	Meat, wool
Cormo	—	Australia and New Zealand	Wool
Corriedale	—	New Zealand	Meat, wool
Cotswold	—	United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Criollo	Creole, Chilludo, Colombian, Lucero, Pampa, Tarhumara, Uruguayan, Venezuelan	Central America	Meat
Dala Fur sheep	Dala pälsfår	Sweden	—
Dalesbred	—	United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Dagliç	—	Turkey	Meat, milk
Damani	—	Pakistan	Meat, wool
Damara	—	Namibia	Meat
Danish Landrace	Landfår, Klitfår	Denmark	Wool
Debouillet	—	United States	Wool
Derbyshire Gritstone	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Deutsches Bergschaf	Weißes Bergschaf, White Mountain, Deutsches Weisses Bergschaf	Germany	Meat, wool
Devon Closewool	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Devon Longwoolled	Devon Longwool	United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Dohne Merino	Dohne, El Dohne Merino	South Africa	Meat, wool
Dorper	—	South Africa	Meat
Dorset	Dorset Horn, Dorset Horned	United Kingdom	Meat
Dorset Down	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Drenth Heath Sheep	Drents Heideschaap	Netherlands	Vegetation management
Drysdale	—	New Zealand	Wool
Duben sheep	—	Bulgaria	wool
Easycare	—	United Kingdom	Meat
East Friesian	Ostfriesisches Milchschaf	Germany	Milk
Edilbay	Edilbaevskaya, Edilbaev	Kazakhstan	Meat, tail fat
Elliottdale	—	Tasmania	Meat, Wool
English Leicester	Bakewell Leicester, Dishley Leicester, Improved Leicester, Leicester, Leicester Longwool, New Leicester	England	Meat
Estonian Ruhnu	Ruhnu maalammas	Estonia	Meat, wool
Elinpelin sheep	–	Bulgaria	wool
Exmoor Horn	—	Exmoor	Meat
Forystufé	Leadersheep, Forystukind	Iceland	Genetic conservation, herd management
Fabrianese	—	Italy	Meat, milk
Faroes	—	Faroe Islands	Meat, wool
Fat-tailed sheep (group of breeds)	—	Africa, Middle East, Near East, Pakistan, Northern India, Western China, Mongolia	Meat
Finnsheep	Suomenlammas, Finnish Landrace	Finland	Meat, Wool, Milk, Landscape Management
Flanders Milk sheep	—	Belgium	—
French Alpine sheep	—	France	—
Friesian Milk sheep	—	Netherlands	—
Fuglestad	—	Norway	—
Gaddi	Kangra Valley, Bhadarwah	India	Wool
Galician	Ovella galega	Spain	Meat, milk
Galway	—	Ireland	Meat
Ganjia	—	—	—
Gansu Alpine Fine-wool	Northwestern Chinese Merino, North-West China Merino	China	Wool
Gentile di Puglia	Merinos d’Italia	Italy	Wool
Geschecktes Bergschaf	—	—	—
German Whiteheaded Mutton	Weißkopf, Weißköpfiges Fleischschaf	Germany	Meat, wool
Ghezel	Red karaman, Gezel	North West of Iran, Azerbaijan	Meat, wool
Gotland	Gotland Pälsfår, Gotland pelt	Sweden	Meat, wool
Gökçeada	—	Turkey	—
Greenlandic sheep	kalaallit savaataat, sava	Greenland	Meat, wool
Greyface Dartmoor	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Grey Troender	Grå trøndersau	Norway	Wool
Gromark	—	Australia	Meat, wool
Groningen Milk sheep	—	—	—
Gulf Coast Native	Louisiana Scrub, Pineywoods Native	Gulf Coast, United States	—
Guirra	—	Mediterranean coast of Spain	Meat
Gute	Gutefår	Sweden	Genetic conservation
Hampshire	Hampshire Down	United Kingdom	Meat
Han	—	—	—
Langzhou Large-tail Han	—	—	—
Small-tail Han	—	China	Meat
Hanzhong	—	China	—
Harnai	—	—
Hasht Nagri	—	—	—
Hazaragie	—	—	—
Hebridean	St. Kilda sheep	Scotland	Vegetation management
Heidschnucke	Family of sheep including the three breeds below	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Graue gehörnte Heidschnucke	Grey Horned Heath	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Moorschnucke	White Polled Heath	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Weiße gehörnte Heidschnucke	White Horned Heath	Germany	Meat, wool, vegetation management
Herdwick	—	England	Meat
Herik	—	Turkey	—
Hill Radnor	—	Wales	Meat
Hog Island	—	United States	Wool
Hu	—	—	—
Icelandic sheep	íslenska sauðkindin	Iceland	Meat, milk, wool
Inner Mongolian wool	—	China	—
Île-de-France	Dishley Merino	France	Meat
Istrian milk	Istrian Pramenka	Croatia, Slovenia	Meat, milk
Jacob	—	United Kingdom	Meat, wool, hide, pet
Jezersko–Solčava sheep	Brillenschaf, Carinthian sheep, Seelaenderschaf, Spectacles Sheep	Slovenia	Meat
Juraschaf	—	—	—
Karacabey Merino	—	Turkey	—
Kachhi	—	Pakistan	—
Kajli	—	Pakistan	Meat, milk, wool
Kamakuyruk	—	Turkey	—
Karakul	—	Central Asia	Meat, milk, wool, hide
Karayaka	—	Turkey	Meat, milk, wool
Kärntner Brillenschaf	Spectacled Alpine Sheep	Austria	Meat, wool, hide
Katahdin	—	United States	Meat
Kempen Heath	—	Netherlands	—
Kerry Hill	—	Wales	Meat
Kihnu Native	Kihnu maalammas	Estonia	Wool
Kivircik	—	Turkey	—
Kooka	—	Pakistan	Milk
Kashmir Merino	—	Kashmir	Wool
Karagouniko	—	Greece	—
Lacaune	—	France	Milk
Landais	—	—	—
Langhe	—	—	—
Lati	—	—	—
Latxa	Lacha	Spain	Milk
Leineschaf	—	Germany	Meat, wool
Lika sheep	Lika pramenka	Croatia	Meat, wool, milk
Lincoln	Lincoln Longwool	England	Wool
Lithuanian Black-headed	Lietuvos vietines siurksciavilnês	Lithuania	Meat, wool
Llanwenog	—	Wales	Meat
Lleyn	Dafad Llŷn	Wales	Meat
Lohi	—	Pakistan	Wool
Lonk	Improved Haslingden	England	Meat, wool
Luzein sheep	—	—	—
Maltese	—	Malta	—
Manchega	—	Spain	Meat, milk
Manech	—	—	—
Marwari	—	India	Meat, wool
Manx Loaghtan	Loaghtyn, Loghtan	Isle of Man	Wool
Masai	—	Kenya	—
Masham	—	England	Meat, wool
Massese sheep	—	Italy	Milk
Meatmaster	—	South Africa	Meat
Mehraban	—	Iran	Meat
Merinizzata Italiana	—	Italy	Meat, wool
Merino	—	Spain, Turkey	Meat, wool
Argentine Merino	—	Argentina	Meat, wool
Arles Merino	—	France	Meat, wool
Booroola Merino	—	Australia	Wool, research
Delaine Merino	—	United States	Wool
East Merino sheep	—	France	Meat, wool
Karacabey Merino	—	Turkey	—
Medium-wool Merino	—	—	—
Merinofleischschaf	—	—	—
Merinolandschaf	—	Germany	Meat, wool
Merino Longwool	—	—	—
Poll Merino	—	Australia	Meat, wool
South African Merino	—	South Africa	Meat, wool
South African Meat Merino	SAMM	South Africa	Meat, wool
Strong Wool Merino	—	—	—
Transylvanian Merino	—	Romania	—
Ming Black	—	—	—
Moghani	—	—	—
Montadale	—	United States	Meat, wool
Morada Nova	Brazilian Woolless	Brazil	Meat
Moles	—	—	—
Najdi	Nejdi	Saudi Arabia	Meat, milk, wool
Namaqua Afrikaner	—	South Africa	Meat, pelts
Nali	Western India	India	Wool
Navajo-Churro sheep	—	United States	Wool
Newfoundland	Newfoundland Local	Canada	—
Nellore	palia, jodipi, dora	India	Meat
Nilgiri	—	India	—
Noire du Velay	—	France	Meat
Nolana sheep	—	—	—
Norfolk Horn	Blackface Norfolk Horned, Norfolk Horned, Old Norfolk, Old Norfolk Horned	United Kingdom	Meat
North Ronaldsay	Orkney	Scotland	Wool
Northern European short-tailed sheep (group of breeds)	—	Baltic states, British Isles, Scandinavia, Germany, Russia	Meat, milk, wool
Norwegian Fur	—	—	—
Olde English ‘Babydoll’ Southdown	Babydoll Southdown	United States	Hobby
Orkhon	—	Mongolia	Wool
Ossimi	—	—	—
Ouessant	Ushant, Breton Island Dwarf	France	Wool, hobby
Oula	—	—	—
Oxford	Oxford Down	United Kingdom	Meat
Pag Island	Paška ovca	Croatia	Meat, milk
Pagliarola	—	—	—
Panama	—	United States	Meat
Pedi sheep	Bapedi	South Africa	Meat
Pelibüey	Cubano Rojo	Caribbean, Mexico, South America	Meat
Perendale	—	New Zealand	Meat
Pinzirita	—	Sicily	Milk
Pitt Island	—	Chatham Islands, New Zealand	Wool
Polwarth	—	Australia	Meat, wool
Polypay	—	United States	Meat, wool
Portland	—	England	Meat
Pramenka	Lička, Istarska, Kupreška or Dubska pramenka	Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Meat, milk, wool
Priangan	Garut	Indonesia	Meat, ram fighting
Polish Heath	—	Poland	—
Poll Dorset	—	Australia	Meat
Polled Dorset	—	United States	Meat
Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep	Pomeranian Sheep, Rauhwolliges Pommersches Landschaf	Germany	Meat, vegetation management
Qashqai	—	China	—
Qiaoke	—	China	—
Qinghai Black Tibetan	—	China	—
Qinghai Semifinewool	—	China	—
Quadrella	—	China	—
Quanglin Large-Tail	—	China	—
Rabo Largo	—	—	—
Racka	Ovce cápová, Cápovice	Hungary	Meat, milk, wool
Rahmany sheep	El-rahmani	Egypt	Meat, milk, wool
Rambouillet	Rambouillet Merino, French Merino	France	Meat, wool
Rasa Aragonesa	—	Aragón	Meat
Red Engadine	Engadine	Switzerland	—
Red Karaman	—	Turkey	—
Red Maasai	—	East Africa	Meat
Rhoen sheep	—	—	—
Rideau Arcott	—	Canada	—
Romanov	—	Russia	Meat
Romney sheep	Romney Marsh	United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Roslag	Roslagsfår	Sweden	Meat, wool
Rouge de l’Ouest	Tête rouge du Maine	France	Meat
Rouge du Roussillon	Roussillion Red	France	Meat, wool
Rough Fell	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Rosa Mitchell	Walliser Landschaf, Roux du Pays	Switzerland	Meat, wool
Royal White	—	United States	Meat
Ruda	—	Albania, Croatia	Wool
Rya	Ryafår, Swedish Carpet Wool Sheep	Sweden	Wool
Ryeland	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Rygja	—	—	—
Sahel-type	—	—	—
Sakiz	Çesme	Turkey	Wool
Sarja	—	Turkmenistan	Wool, meat
Santa Cruz	—	Santa Cruz Island, United States	Wool
Santa Inês	—	Brazil	Meat
Sardinian	Brabei Sarda, Pecora Sarda	Italy	Milk
Sardi (Moroccan sheep)	—	Morocco	Meat, milk, wool
Schoonebeker	—	—	—
Schwarzköpfiges Fleischschaf	—	—	—
Schwarzes Bergschaf	—	—	—
Scottish Blackface	Blackfaced Highland, Kerry, Linton, Scotch Blackface, Scotch Horn, Scottish Highland, Scottish Mountain	Scotland	Meat
Scottish Dunface	Scottish Tanface, Old Scottish Short-wool	Scotland (extinct)	Meat, wool
Serrai	Serraika, Serron	Greece, Serres	Meat, milk, wool
Shetland	—	Shetland Islands	Meat, wool
Shropshire	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Sicilian Barbary	—	Sicily	—
Skudde	skudden	Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland	Meat, vegetation management, felting
Soay	—	Scotland	Meat
Somali	Berbera Blackhead	Somalia	Meat
Sopravissana	—	Italy	Milk
South Devon	—	United Kingdom	—
South Dorset	—	United Kingdom	—
South Hampshire	—	United Kingdom	—
Southdown	—	United Kingdom	Meat
South Wales Mountain	—	Wales	—
Spælsau	Old Norwegian Short Tail Landrace	Norway	Meat
Spiegel	—	—	—
St. Croix	Virgin Island white	Virgin Islands	Meat
Steigar	—	—	—
Steinschaf	—	—	—
Suffolk	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Sumavska	—	Czech Republic	Meat, milk, wool
Swaledale	—	United Kingdom	Meat, wool
Swedish Fur	—	Sweden	—
Swifter	—	—	—
Schweizer Schwarzbraunes Bergschaf	—	—	—
Schweizer Alpenschaf	—	—	—
Såne	—	Denmark	Meat, pelt
Taleshi	—	Iran	Meat
Tan [zh]	—	China	Hides, meat
Targhee	—	United States	Wool
Tautra	—	—	—
Teeswater	—	United Kingdom	Meat
TEFRom	—	New Zealand	Meat, wool
Texel	—	Netherlands	Meat
Thalli	—	—	—
Ţigaie	—	Romania	Meat, milk, wool
Tiroler Steinschaf	Pecora della Roccia Tirolese	Austria	Meat, wool
Touabire	—	—	—
Ţsurcană	—	Romania	Meat, milk, wool
Tukidale		Tuki Tuki in New Zealand, then Australia	Meat, specialty carpet wool
Tunis	Tunisian Barbary	Tunisia	Meat
Tuj	—	Turkey	—
Türkgeldi	—	Turkey	—
Uda	—	Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, northern Nigeria	Meat
Valachian sheep	Native Wallachian sheep	Czech Republic	Meat, milk, wool
Valachian Improved sheep	—	Czech Republic	Meat, milk, wool
Valais Blacknose	Wallis Blacknose, Walliser Schwarznasenschaf, Blacknosed Swiss, Visp, Visperschaf	Switzerland	Meat, wool
Van Rooy	Van Rooy White Persian	South Africa	Meat
Vendéen	—	France	Meat
Waldschaf	—	—	—
Waziri	—	Pakistan	Meat, wool
Weißes Bergschaf	—	—	—
Welsh Hill Speckled Face	—	Wales	—
Welsh Mountain sheep	Defaid Mynydd Cymreig	Wales	Meat
Badger Face Welsh Mountain	Defaid Idloes, Badger Faced Welsh Mountain, Welsh Badger-faced	Wales	Meat
Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep	—	Wales	Meat
Black Welsh Mountain sheep	Defaid Mynydd Duon	Wales	Meat
South Wales Mountain	—	Wales	—
Wensleydale	—	England	Meat
West African Dwarf	Djallonke, Fouta Djallon sheep	West Africa and Central Africa	Meat
White Horned Heath	—	—	—
White Karaman	—	—	—
White Suffolk	—	Australia	Meat
Whiteface Dartmoor	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Whitefaced Woodland	Penistone sheep	England	Meat
White Maritza sheep	—	Bulgaria	—
Wiltipoll	—	Australia	Meat
Wiltshire Horn	—	United Kingdom	Meat
Xalda	—	Spain	Meat
Xaxi Ardia	—	Spain	—
Xinjiang Finewool	—	China	Meat, wool
Yankasa		Nigeria	Meat
Yellow sheep	—	Yorkshire	—
Yemen White	—	Yemen	—
Yiecheng	—	—	—
Yoroo	—	—	—
Yunnan Semifinewool	—	China	—
Zackel	—	—	—
Zaghawa	—	—	—
Zaian	—	—	—
Zaïre Long-Legged	—	—	—
Zakynthos	—	—	—
Zeeland Milk	—	—	—
Zel	—	—	—
Zelazna	Zeleznienska	Poland	Meat
Zemmour	—	—	—
Zeta Yellow	—	—	—
Zlatusha	—	—	—
Zoulay	—	—	—
Zwartbles	—	Netherlands	Meat, milk, cheese
Zulu sheep	Nguni	South Africa	Meat

 

Taxonomic Classification of the Sheep

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Genus:	Ovis
Species:	O. aries

Worldwide there are 450 breeds of sheep. Some are not specialized in the production of meat, wool or milk, being more used for a double purpose.

In order to differentiate the sheep breeds it is important to observe:

Sheep Breeds of double purpose

1.Corriedale

This race was created by the New Zealanders when crossing Merino x Lincoln. New Zealand is very similar to the region between Concepción and Aysén (Chile). They have adapted to this zone without problems.

2. Romney Marsh

Of English origin, it is raised in flat areas and with high humidity. In Chile, it has adapted to the region between Temuco and Chiloé; Supplying, by its thick wool, to the chilota craftsmanship and to the great industry of mattresses and fillings in general.

3. Meat-producing breeds

The production of meat and wool in these breeds is of intermediate values, having for example productions of 4 to 6 kg of wool and of an intermediate fineness (28 to 30 microns) between the races of wool and of meat.

Meat-producing breeds are characterized by their higher growth rate becoming larger animals at the same age, their meat is leaner, has a higher yield to the benefit, and a better feed conversion efficiency. They have a low production of wool (2.5 to 4 kg) and of little fineness (32 to 35 microns).

4. Suffolk

Suffolk breed is a race of English origin, used to take advantage of the prairies of the hills. It is an agile animal and walker. It has been used to improve native breeds.

5. Hampshire Down

It is a race formed in England, adapted for flat terrain. It is an animal precocious and a very good producer of meat.

6. Finnish Landrace Or Finnsheep

It is of Finnish origin. It is a breed of high prolificacy, with a potential of 200% calving rate (two animals per sheep in each calving) and very early, these characteristics make this breed can quickly replace other breeds within the herd.

7. Texel

Dutch breed developed from the cross of several Creole breeds in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Within the breeds for meat is the one that presents the best skills, obtaining lambs with high growth rate and very lean reaching the optimum weight of work at 40 kilos, 10 kilos more than lamb Corriedale.

8. Border Leicester

Breed native to the city of Leicestershire, England. She is responsible for the breeding and development of the long wool breeds. Fast-growing and therefore the fast presence of lambs in the market.

9. Wool Races

Wool breeds are characterized by a high production of wool (5 to 8 kg) and good quality and fineness (23 to 25 microns). Among them we find:

10. Australian Merino

Australian merino breeds come from the cross of Merino Precoz French x Merino Spanish. It was selected for the production of fine, long and high-density wool. It is a breed well adapted to hot, dry and arid areas.

11. Merino Precoz

Chilean race was obtained from the cross of Merino Early German x Merino Early French.

Production Breeds

Sheep breeds specializing in milk production have been formed mainly in Europe and Israel. These sheep have a more developed udder being their production by lactation much superior to the other races.

The best-known breeds and their origins are:

• Spain: Latxa, Manchega and Churra
• France: Laucane, Basque-Bemaise
• Germany: East Friesian Milchschaft
• Italy: Sardinia
• Israel: Awassi, Assaf

Race Latxa Sheep

Race Latxa Sheep is the oldest sheep breed in Spain. It has two varieties:

• The dark head (Latxa Cara Negra).
• The blonde head (Latxa Cara Blonde).

It has recently been introduced in Chile, specifically in the RM, VI, VII, VIII, X, XII regions. The mammary gland or udder is globose, well developed, of thin skin and without wool.

Average weight

Black Face:

• Females 45-50 kg
• Males 55-75 kg

Blonde Face:

• Females 35-50 kg
• Males 50-70 kg

Assaf Race Sheep

It is a breed created in Israel composed by the cross of the Awassi sheep and the East Friesian sheep. It has a high production of milk, good prolificacy and very suitable for the conditions of the Mediterranean environment.

In addition to being a good dairy sheep, the Assaf breed is known as an excellent breed of meat, because it has a lamb with well-distributed fat, which makes its meatless fat. They are large animals (females = 70kg, and males = 120kg) and have an accumulation of fat at the base of the tail.

Awesome Rare Sheep

It is a nomadic sheep, selected for its high milk production, calm, easy to handle and milking and adaptable to grazing or confinement. Only males have horns.

East Friesian Easter Race

Breed native to northern Germany. It is considered the best producer of milk, but in areas without high temperatures. The tail is thin and woolless, similar to a mouse tail. Races of which skin is produced.

Oveja Raza Karakul

It is native to the Russian province of Turkestan, from poor areas where they only have good food for two months a year, which is why they have a thick tail where they store fat reserves for the restrictive times. Astrakhan, skin used for the manufacture of fine coats, is obtained from lambs sacrificed at the week of age.

Conclusion

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to keep a sheep as livestock, we hope this guide has helped. We have provided information on their evolutionary history and anatomy, which should help give you the knowledge needed for most tasks related to raising them. Whether you are looking to buy or sell your own flock of sheep, want some tips about how best to care for them, or just need more general information about these quadrupedal ruminant mammals in order to better understand why they are so popular with many cultures around the world today—you can find all that here! Good luck caring for your new friends!

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