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Sheep: South Down

Genetic Resource:
South Down
Type of genetic:
Breed
Status:
exotic

Recognized breeding operation

Monitoring

Year Number of living female breeding animals Number of living male breeding animals
2014 8 3
2015 7 2
2016 4 1
2017 8 1
2018 14 4
2019 7 2
2020 8 2
2021 6 2
2022 7 2

Cryo reserves

no Information

Payments

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Description

Colour:
brown,grey
Horn status:
hornless
Weight of female animals in kg:
70 - 80 kg
Lambing results in %:
130 - 150 %
Fleece weight in kg:
2 - 3 kg
Wool fineness in μm:
26 - 30 Mikron