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Sheep: Wensleydale Longwool

Genetic Resource:
Wensleydale Longwool
Type of genetic:
Breed
Status:
exotic

Recognized breeding operation

Monitoring

Year Number of living female breeding animals Number of living male breeding animals
2012 - 2
2013 12 5
2014 11 4
2015 13 4
2016 15 1
2017 8 1
2018 2 -
2020 5 1
2021 5 2
2022 5 2

Cryo reserves

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Payments

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Description

Colour:
white,white with black head
Horn status:
hornless
Shape of ears:
Standing ears
Weight of female animals in kg:
> 90 kg
Weight of male animals in kg:
> 100 kg
Lambing results in %:
150 - 200 %
Fleece weight in kg:
über 4 kg
Wool fineness in μm:
31 - 35 Mikron