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Sheep ID
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Southdown
• Medium- to small-sized breed• Polled, medium-wool breed raised primarily
for meat• Early maturing breed• Ewes have good lambing ability and average
milk production
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Southdown
American Sheep Industry Association
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Hampshire
• Large medium-wool breed• Mild disposition and polled• Rapid growth and efficient feed conversion
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Hampshire
American Sheep Industry Association
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Suffolk
• Most common breed in the U.S. (40 percent of sheep population
• Medium-wool polled breed• Raised primarily for meat
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Suffolk
American Sheep Industry Association
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Dorset
• Medium-sized medium-wool breed• Both horned and polled varieties (polled is more
common)• Ewes are good mothers and good milkers• Second most common breed in the U.S.
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Dorset
American Sheep Industry Association
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Delaine Merino
• Medium-sized fine-wool breed• Originated in Spain 1,200 years ago• Noted for producing the best wool in the world
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Delaine Merino
American Sheep Industry Association
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Rambouillet
• Fine-wool breed; medium size• Good carcass characteristics; dual-purpose
breed• French in origin and descends from Spanish
Merino• Produce some of the finest wool in the
world
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Rambouillet
American Sheep Industry Association
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Montadale
• Medium-wool, dual-purpose breed• Produce high quality carcasses and excellent
wool that is very white in color
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Montadale
American Sheep Industry Association
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Columbia
• Crossbred wool breed developed by the USDA in 1912
• Produce large ewes with large lambs and good wool yield
• Survive well on range conditions of the western U.S.
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Columbia
American Sheep Industry Association
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Cheviot
• Small-sized, medium-wool• Polled• Raised primarily for meat; produces a high-quality
lamb carcass• Hardy sheep developed in Scotland and England
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Cheviot
American Sheep Industry Association
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Jacob Sheep
• is a rare breed of small, piebald (colored with white spots), polycerate (multi-horned) sheep. Jacobs may have from two to six horns, but most commonly have four. The most common color is black and white. Jacobs are usually raised for their wool, meat, and hides.
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Jacob