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Sheep and Goat Breeds. By Michael Teague. Terminology Ram – Male Ewe – Female Lamb – Young Sheep. Classes Fine Wool – emphasis on quality wool Medium Wool –emphasis on quality meat Long Wool – large breeds that produces a long coarse fiber Crossbred Wool – cross of FW and LW
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Sheep and Goat Breeds By Michael Teague
Terminology Ram – Male Ewe – Female Lamb – Young Sheep Classes Fine Wool – emphasis on quality wool Medium Wool –emphasis on quality meat Long Wool – large breeds that produces a long coarse fiber Crossbred Wool – cross of FW and LW Hair Type – sheer free Sheep
Merino Origin Spain Males Horned Females Polled Rambouillet Origin France Fine Wool
Medium Wool • Dorset – England • Hampshire – England • Suffolk – England, Large Breed, Popular, • Southdown - England
Long Wool • Leicester – England • Lincoln – England • Romney - England
Cross Breed Wool • Columbia – USA • Corriedale – New Zealand
Hair Type • Dorper – South Africa • Barbado – Origin Texas, Trophy Animal on Game Ranch
Terminology Buck – Male Doe – Female Kid – Young Goat Types Angora – Origin Turkey, Produce Mohair, 95% in Tex, Cashmere – Fine Fiber Spanish – The “TX Longhorn” of goats Dairy – Bred for Milk Production Boer – S. Africa, Meat Type Other – Pygmy and Fainting Goats
Dairy Goats • French Alpine • Nubian – Africa, Polled • Toggenburg – Switzerland,
