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  2. Bluefaced Leicester - Wikipedia

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    The Bluefaced Leicester (BFL) is a longwool breed of sheep which evolved from a breeding scheme of Robert Bakewell, in Dishley, Leicestershire in the eighteenth century. . First known as the Dishley Leicester, and then the Hexham Leicester, because of the prevalence of the breed in Northumberland, the name Bluefaced Leicester became known at the beginning of the 20th cent

  3. British Milksheep - Wikipedia

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    Comparative trials carried out by the Scottish Agricultural College in the 1990s showed that half-bred ewes sired by the British Milksheep achieved a level of productivity 11% higher than half-breds sired by Bluefaced Leicester and Border Leicester rams, and 26% higher than those sired by Bleu du Maine and Rouge de l’Ouest rams.

  4. Leicester Longwool - Wikipedia

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    Leicester Longwool sheep date back to the 1700s, and were found in the Midland counties of England, originally developed in Dishley Grange, Leicestershire, [3] by Robert Bakewell. Bakewell was the foremost exponent of modern animal-breeding techniques in the selection of livestock .

  5. Category:Sheep breeds - Wikipedia

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    Bluefaced Leicester; Bond sheep; Booroola Merino; Border Cheviot; Border Leicester; ... California Red sheep; Cambridge (sheep) Cameroon sheep; Campbell Island sheep;

  6. List of sheep breeds - Wikipedia

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    Bazougers, Blauköpfiges Fleischschaf, Bluefaced Maine, Blue-headed Maine, Maine-Anjou, Maine à tête bleue, Mayenne Blue France Meat, Wool Bluefaced Leicester: United Kingdom Meat Blue Texel: Netherlands Meat [24]: 765 Bond: Australia Wool Border Leicester: United Kingdom Meat, wool Boreray sheep: Scotland Meat, wool Bovec sheep

  7. 'We Have 3 Sheep Left': California Rancher Surveys ... - AOL

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    “We have three sheep left. Everybody else is dead,” she says in the video.Liliana Burkamp, a resident of Murrieta, California, also posted a video on Facebook on October 25 depicting what she ...

  8. Mule (sheep) - Wikipedia

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    In sheep farming, the term mule is used to refer to a cross between a Bluefaced Leicester ram and a purebred hill (or mountain) ewe (usually a Swaledale sheep) . [1]The production of such mule ewes is a widely used breeding management system which offers several advantages to the farmer.

  9. Killing and smuggling of rare sheep could land Northern ... - AOL

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    The U.S. attorney’s office said Bruce paid Ali $50,000 to hunt a Ladakh urial, an endangered horned sheep, in Pakistan. The goal was to ultimately smuggle the trophy — either the entire body ...