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24 Cards in this Set
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Sheep are almost as .... as cattle worldwide.
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numerous
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Sheep are also kept for multiple purposes:
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meat, milk, fiber
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There are no ..... ..... against sheep; they have a ... range of uses and are extremely ....
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religious taboos wide adaptable
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Sheep have a different .... spectrum than other livestock, and so can be pastured with ... and ...
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grazing cattle and horses
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There is a ... diversity among sheep breeds.
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great
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Special features of ... and ... produce local breeds which are very ... and .... be replaced.
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food and climate suitable can not
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Wool types (2)
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Merino and Rambouillet
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Merino
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NE France, MC in Australia (curly horns), South Africa, fine wool, marked crimp (flexibility), very tall
low levels of fat and high eye muscle = selection |
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Rambouillet
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Western US, tall sheep, good legs, mountain areas (BB mt - movie)
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Meat types (5)
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Suffolk, Southdown, Dorset, Texel, Hampshire
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Suffolk
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very common (MC in N. America) genetic problems: 1. spider leg (long/deformed) 2. scrapie - prion dz (encephalopathy) 2. Cllipgye - big butts (very tough), black head, lg. clumpy feet - strong, tight wool, grows and matures very quickly (7mo), tremendous adaptability
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Southdown
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good at clearing areas, matures w/in 6mo, don't have to artificially feed during the winter, great spinning wool, mini - baby doll, don't tail dock - rectal prolapse
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Dorset
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capable of lambing 3x/2yr, hardy sheep, can lamb at any time of the year, dense/fine wool, hard weather in winter
Poll Dorset - dominant hornless gene |
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Texel
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originated in ...., very hardy and good hair and wool cover, very milky, broad back, well rounded hind quarters, fleshy qualities, real meat/widest part, good wool as well
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Hampshire
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down breed, black face with wool, North America
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Miscellaneous (4)
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Romanov, Friesian, Jacob, Miniature sheep breeds
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Romanov
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From Russia, liter of lambs @ one time (3-5) also the Finn bred of sheep have litters
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Friesian
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milk/dairy, first import semen then they imported the rams, *rat tail
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Jacob
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spotted gene dominant, multihorn
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Miniature sheep breeds
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check out link
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Hair types (3)
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Barbados black belly, virgin island white, katahdin
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Barbados black belly
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have here in Caribbean, originated in N. Africa
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Virgin island white
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TBC
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Katahdin
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white coat, from Maine, USA
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