Archive for October 2009
Sar Planina
Also Known By: Sarplaninska, Sar Mountain
The Sar Planina are of the Pramenka type. They are usually white but occationally black and white with black on the head and legs. Rams are horned and ewes are polled. They are primarily a meat and milk breed with carpet quality wool. Read the rest of this entry »
Sardinian
Also Known By: Cagliari, Campidano, Sarda (Italian)
This breed originated from the local lowland breed which were large, polled and had white wool. Merino and Barbary breeding were also used in developing the breed. It is primarily keep for milk production. The males are occationally horned and the females are polled (hornless). Read the rest of this entry »
Santa Ines
Also Known By: Pelo de Boi de Bahia
The Santa Ines is a breed of American Hair sheep found in Brazil. It is generally thought to be a cross of Morada Nova, the course-wooled Italian breed, Bergamasca, and the native coarse-wooled Crioula followed by a period of selection or evolution for absence of fleece. There do seem to be striking differences between the Santa Ines and the Sahelian types of hair sheep from the arid regions of west Africa. Their colors range from red, Read the rest of this entry »
Santa Cruz
Description: There is considerable uncertainty as to the exact origin of the sheep of Santa Cruz Island, even to the century in which sheep were placed there. Speculation is that Merino, Rambouillet and perhaps some Churro figure in the Santa Cruz sheep’s background, and it is certain that the sheep have been feral for the last 70 years.
The Nature Conservancy acquired 88% of the island (located off the coast of southern California) during the 1970′s and began an eradication program in 1980. In 1988, Read the rest of this entry »
Sakiz
Also Known By: Cesme
Found in the region surrounding Izmir in Turkey, the Sakiz is a carpet wool breed also kept for meat and milk production. White with black spots around the mouth and eyes and on the ears and legs. The males are horned and the females usually polled or hornless. They are a long-thin tail breed with fat at the base of the tail. The Sakiz originated from the Chios.
Reference:
Mason, I.L. 1996. A World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties. Fourth Edition. C.A.B International. 273 pp.
Photographs:
Prof. Dr. M. Ihsan SOYSAL and Research Asst. Emel ÖZKAN, Trakya University, Agriculture Faculty, Dept. of. Animal Sci., Tekirdag/TURKEY
Sahel-type
Also Known By: Fulani, Peul, Bali-Bali, Maure, Tuareg, Guinea Long-legged, Sahelian, West African Long-legged
These sheep are found primarily in the countries of Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad. They are found north of the West African Dwarf. It is a drier region of west Africa. When compared to the West African Dwarf the main difference is that the Sahel-type sheep are taller, heavier, of poor mutton conformation and rams do not have a throat ruff or mane. Mature ewes weigh over 35 kg. The Sahel-type are usually white, white and brown, or white and black with lop ears. Read the rest of this entry »
Ryeland
Description: The Ryeland is a Downs type sheep originating from Herefordshire in England and was introduced into Australia in 1919. It was one of the breeds used to introduce the poll gene to the Dorset breed in the development of the Poll Dorset.
The Ryeland is a hornless, prime lamb producer. It carries a fine Downs type wool, and is well regarded as a fertile, heavy milking breed specializing in the production of prime lambs. Read the rest of this entry »
Royal White
Description: Royal White sheep are a hair breed, privately funded and developed in the United States by William Hoag, Dorpcroix Sheep Farm in Hermleigh, Texas. Hoag started sheep raising as a hobby in 1994-95 with St. Croix sheep in Utah and then infused the Dorper and White Dorpers. Large framed registered St. Croix ewes were selected from a wide variety of small flocks mainly in the Western portion of the USA. The selected offspring from these crosses were then called Dorpcroix sheep and sold to the public for breeding enabling many traditional wool producers to retain wool ewes and utilize the Dorpcroix rams to achieve the lower maintenance and labor benefit and in many cases more lambs with better survivability. Read the rest of this entry »
Rouge de Roussillon
Also Known By: Roussillon Red (English), Rouge du Littoral
In the Eastern Pyrenees and some parts of the Aude and Hérault areas of France, there used to be a particular type of sheep, special because of its color and origin, something between the local ‘Merino’-type sheep and North African breeds.
In 1989, the ‘Ferme Conservatoire’ was perhaps the only place with the structure to take on a few of the last animals of the ‘Rouge de Roussillon’ breed, from the only flock where an effort had been made to preserve the pure breed. We hesitated to take a mediterranean animal to the oceanic climate of Bordeaux and so we only bought 12 animals, while the rest of the flock was dispersed. Further inquiries revealed a huge interest in these animals, and also the difficulties we would have in breeding from such a small group of animals, which were already showing signs of inbreeding. For this reason, we decided to implement an ‘absorption cross-breeding’ program between the ‘Rouge de Roussillon’ and ‘Limousine’ breeds, where the ‘Limousine’ male is used to mate with successive generations of ‘Rouge de Roussillon’ females. To date, several hundred of these animals (first, second, third and fourth generations) have been carefully selected to obtain a ‘Rouge de Roussillon’ breed with a better genetic variability.
We also found out that the Nuremberg Zoo had imported, 20 years ago, a few of these animals. The director, Dr. Muhling, kindly offered us two males, which helped to fix this breed, as did the small flock we bought from M. Wieland in Bavaria.
The breed is white with red or pied heads and legs, with red kemp fibers under the neck. Both sexes are polled.
References:
Ferme Conservatoire de Leyssart, Theres Kohler & Dominique Massoubre, Leyssart, F – 33660 Puynormand ,05 57 49 62 82, info@ferme-conservatoire.com
Mason, I.L. 1996. A World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties. Fourth Edition. C.A.B International. 273 pp.
Photographs:
Ferme Conservatoire de Leyssart, Theres Kohler & Dominique Massoubre, Leyssart, F – 33660 Puynormand ,05 57 49 62 82, info@ferme-conservatoire.com
Rouge de l’Ouest
Also Known As: Tete rouge du Maine
The Rouge de l’Ouest is of the same origin as the Bleu du Maine but with a distinctive pink face and legs. It is polled and used primarily for market lamb production.The breed average fleece weight is 1.5 to 2 kilograms with a staple length of 4 to 5 cm and a spinning count of 58′s to 60′s. Read the rest of this entry »