Sheep and goat breeds Flashcards
Estonian White Headed Sheep (top image)
the lower pics are the breeds that make up the composite breed.
Component breeds:
Texel
Dorset
Norwegian White Headed Sheep
North County Cheviout
Il De France
cheviot sheep (scottish breed)
sheep breeds are broadly divided into
Environmental conditions: Some breeds thrive in tough, natural conditions (extensive), while others need controlled environments (intensive).
extensive and intensive
extensive: native sheep, dorpers, gotland sheep
intensive (that produce a lot but also need a lot of input energy): suffolk, texel, dairy animals
texel, suffolk, dorper are all
meat breeds
gotland sheep
very self-reliant breed
gotland, wensleydale, merino are all
wool breeds
dorper
laucaune, east friesian, latxa, sarda are all
dairy breeds
Most prolific sheep breed?
What does prolific mean in this context?
finnsheep
known for their prolificacy (large litters)
Estonian Black Headed Sheep (90-100kg ewes! rams are bigger)
Component breeds:
Suffolk
Oxford Down
German/Latvian Black Headed Sheep
Eesti Maalammas, estonian native
grow slowly
in native sheep, both sexes can have horns
Kihnu maalammas / Kihnu native sheep (from an island)
in native sheep, both sexes can have horns
texel
can be white, blue, black etc.
in some places bred to be basically brachycephalic and very buff.
angora goat for wool production
very niche
dorset
pink nosed, quite big
suffolk
What do
Dorper
Cheviot
Lleynn
have in common?
(listed in order of appearance)
are meat breeds
boeri goat, meat breed
What do
Rootsi peenvillane e. finüll
Wensleydale
Merino
have in common?
are wool breeds
merino sheep for wool
wensleydale sheep for wool
What do
East Friesian (s)
Lacaune (s)
Thüring (g)
Anglo Nubian (g)
Sahne (g)
have in common?
dairy goats
Valais Black nose
Zwartblaise
