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Southdown sheep
The Southdown began to be developed from the polled, fine-woolled, blackfaced sheep of the eastern part of the chalk South Downs in Sussex,...
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Dorper sheep
The Dorper sheep breed was developed in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s. Surplus mutton and lamb, mainly from indigenous fat-tailed breeds...
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Pelibüey sheep
The Pelibüey is a member of the American Hair Sheep group. Introduced to the Caribbean after the Spanish conquest, the Pelibüey may have been...
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Texel sheep
The Texel breed was formed when native sheep of the Dutch island of Texel were crossed with British longwool breeds during the nineteenth...
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Sardinian sheep
The Sardinian sheep is an autochthonous [indigenous] breed of Sardinia. It developed over a long time for local environments and needs, and...
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Suffolk sheep
The Suffolk breed of sheep originated in the East Anglia region of England from mating Norfolk Horn ewes with Southdown rams in the late...
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Romney sheep
The Romney is a member of the British longwool group of sheep breeds, which it is believed were introduced to Britain by the Romans. They are...
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sheep milk
History Sheep and goats were domesticated before cattle (Clutton-Brock, 1981; Anifantakis, 1990) and it is reasonable to assume that...
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Comisana sheep
The Comisana breed of sheep was obtained in the provinces of Siracusa and Ragusa (Sicily, Italy) by crossing Sicilian ewes with rams imported...
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Welsh Mountain sheep
The Welsh Mountain sheep is the indigenous breed of the Welsh uplands. A flock book (The Welsh Mountain Sheep Breeders’ Association and Flock...
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