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Breeding for fighting against parasites in sheep
Internal parasites are a problem for all sheep farmers, but particularly for those who do organic farming. Adult sheep offer some resistance to pests and show few signs of parasitism when they are healthy, well fed and exposed to low or moderate levels of noise. The biggest problem occurs in lambs that have not yet developed resistance. Pest must be a multifaceted approach to reduce the number of parasites on pasture to reduce the risk to lambs. Breeding for resistance development may have important long-term effects on the success of a management program for grazing sheep. Read the rest of this entry »
The Rosset
The Rosset was definitely the type of sheep is widespread in Italiam region, but due to the phenomenon of intermarriage is the lack of interest of the Aosta Valley farmers for sheep population has declined sharply over time.
Herds of sheep have always been small or very small amount (5 – 10 subjects), and these animals were conducted in the summer in the mountains where the breeding males were chosen by the conductor dell’alpeggio, while the other rams were castrated males. Read the rest of this entry »
Mountain sheep (Brown and White)
Fact sheet
- Origin: Alpine regions
- Size:
- 70-75 cm (Bock), 65 – 70 cm (mother) Brown Mountain
- 80-85 cm (block) or 70 – 75 cm (mother) White Mountain Sheep Read the rest of this entry »
Bentheimer landscapes
Fact sheet
- Origin: Emsland
- Size: 70 – 75 cm (Bock), 65 – 70 cm (mother)
- Weight: 80 – 90 kg (goat) and 60 – 70 kg (mother)
- Color: white with black or dark brown eye spots
- Use: Meat and Wool Read the rest of this entry »
Sheep’s wool for the daily needs
Although the wool is in fierce competition with plant and especially synthetic fibers, it is today still an important and again a more sought-after product.
Wool is the natural heat and cold protection of the sheep and thus the only fiber to say as”insulation” is growing.
These wool fibers are different from the other animal hair in that they are not filled with marrow cavities but have. This results in the special physical properties.
Sheep wool is heat-holding and changing temperatures, but is breathable and dirt resistant. It is summer and winter use! Read the rest of this entry »
Breeds
Will tell, one must first be cleared – If you think about the different breeds of sheep (600 different world there are 500)
What is a race?
Considering that accompanied the first pets to people already in the Stone Age, it is surprising that the term “race” was coined for animal breeding Sinner only a short 250 years. A look at the literature (or nowadays the Internet) shows that there are countless attempts to clear disambiguation. Not all are suitable for normal use, but there are also clear explanations: Read the rest of this entry »
How do you determine the age of a sheep?
The sheep are herbivores and ruminants, they eat almost exclusively on the ground and differences of the goats, do not get up on his hind legs and do not go up on small trees. They are social animals, they love being in a group and always move together, usually follow a leader, whether a party all the other sheep follow. If they remain isolated or are left alone to come in full panic. Read the rest of this entry »
Gray Horned Heath sheep
Description
In this ancient land race is relatively small horned sheep, whose wool is mixed colored silver-gray to dark gray.
Ewes carry sickle-shaped bent backwards, Bucks snail-like horns. Read the rest of this entry »
East Friesian dairy sheep
Description
The East Friesian dairy sheep is a large, white, polled sheep with unbewolltem head and a long, thin tail unbewolltem. Read the rest of this entry »
German black Mutton
Description
The German Black Headed Mutton is a large, squat-looking sheep with a dense white wool. The name comes from the black head and black ears ago. Read the rest of this entry »