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Sartuul Sheep

Category: Meat Country: Mongolia Home tract: Zavkhan province Production traits Fibre diameter: 20.7 µ Fibre length: 8.6 cm References Mongolian Livestock – Sartuul Strain, [Web Reference]
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Orhon Sheep

Category: Meat, wool, skin Country: Mongolia Home tract: Developed from the F1 progeny of Mongolian fat-tailed ewes and precocious Soviet Marino or Tsigai and Altay rams, which...
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Mongolian Karakul Sheep

Category: Meat, milk, lambskins Country: Mongolia Home tract: Sumbur district of East Gobi province Morphological characteristics Body: Compact Body coat: Mainly black or grey Head: Medium sized with a bulging forehead Neck:...
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Khangai Sheep

Category: Meat Country: Mongolia Home tract: Developed in the Zagaan Nuur district of Selenga province by crossing local coarse wool native sheep with fine wool sheep breeds...
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Khalkha Sheep, Mongol, Black headed

Category: Meat, milk, wool Country: Mongolia Home tract: Widely distribution in Mongolia Morphological characteristics Body: Medium sized, compact Body coat: Usually white, and the head coloured. Normally covered with coarse...
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Kazakh Sheep

Category: Meat, milk, wool Country: Mongolia Home tract: Bayan Ulegei province Morphological characteristics Body: Compact Body coat: This breed grows a coarse wool fleece, mainly of varying brown colours. The...
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Gobi Altay Sheep

Category: Meat, milk, wool Country: Mongolia Home tract: Gobi-Altay mountain area Morphological characteristics Body coat: The colour of body and neck is white, the head, ears and hocks are...
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Darkhad Sheep

Category: Meat, wool, milk Country: Mongolia Home tract: Darkhad race of the Hobsguul district Morphological characteristics Body: Compact Body coat: The colour of the body is mostly white. The head,...
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Barga Sheep

Category: Meat, wool Country: Mongolia Home tract: Khuleng Boir district of the Eastern Aimak province Morphological characteristics Body: Compact, well-ribbed, large sized Body coat: White while the head is generally...
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Bajad Sheep, Bayad

Category: Meat, milch, wool Country: Mongolia Home tract: Malchin, Khirgas and the East Gobi districts of Obsnuur province Morphological characteristics Body: Compact, Body coat: White but the head, face and...
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Baidrag Sheep

Category: Meat, wool Country: Mongolia Home tract: The Baidrag sheep was developed in 1983. The name is derived from the location of the breed beyond the river...
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Zhaotong Sheep, Country Coarse Sheep

Category: Meat, wool Country: China Home tract: Zhaotong, Ludian, Qiaojia, Yanjin, Daguan, Yongshan, Huanjiang, Zhenxiong, Yiliang, Weixin, Shuifu County, Yunnan province Morphological characteristics Tail: Short Morphometric traits Body weight: Adult male...
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Yuxi Fat-tailed Sheep

Category: Meat, wool Country: China Home tract: Luoyang district, north of Nanyang district, west of Kaifeng and Xuchang district, Henan province Morphometric traits Body weight: Birth weight - male...
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Weining Sheep

Category: Meat, wool Country: China Home tract: Weining county, Guizhou province Morphological characteristics Body: Narrow body shape, and higher front of body than rear Body coat: The fleece colour is...
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Ujumqin Sheep

Category: Meat, Fat tail Country: China Home tract: East, west of Ujumqin, Labahanar district of Inner Mongolia Morphological characteristics Body coat: White, black points Horns: Males horned, ewes polled Tail: Short,...
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Wadi Sheep, North-Lu

Category: Country: China Home tract: Dezhou, Huimin district, Dongying city and Weifang city, Shandong province Reproductive traits Litter size: 1.2 Production traits Greasy fleece: 1.5-2.0 kg per annumfine wool 51%,...
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Tong Sheep

Category: Meat, fat tail Country: China Home tract: Weinan, Xianyang, Yan’an district, Shanxi province Morphological characteristics Body coat: White Horns: Polled Tail: Long, fat tailed Morphometric traits Body weight: Adult male - 44...
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Tibetan Sheep, Plateau-type Tibetan, Valley-type Tibetan

Category: Meat, wool Country: China Home tract: Tibet; Qinghai province; Gannan district, Gansu province; Ganzhi, Aba Tibet, Liangshan Yi autonomous district, Sichuan province; Yungui plateau. Morphological characteristics There are...
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Tengchong Sheep

Category: Meat, wool Country: China Home tract: Mingguang, Yunhua, Guyong, Ruidian, Zhonghe, Jietou district, Yunnan province Morphological characteristics Tail: Long taper shaped Morphometric traits Body weight: Adult male - 52 kg,...
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Tashikurgan Sheep, Bashi

Category: Meat-fat type, fat-tailed Country: China Home tract: Tashikurgan antonymous county, Sinkiang Morphological characteristics Body: Large Morphometric traits Body weight: Adult male - 69.3 kg, female - 54.1 kg Tail length: Male...
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