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The Katahdin is a modern American breed of sheep. It is an easy-care sheep: it grows a hair coat with little wool which moults naturally in the spring, and so does not need to be shorn. It is reared for meat only. It was developed by a breeder named Michael Piel in Maine, and is named for Mount Katahdin in that state.
Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species. Some sheep breeds have a hair coat and are known as haired sheep.
This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate in Canada and the United States. [1] [2] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
Now nearing her 18th birthday, the Katahdin sheep will be the oldest of her kind to compete at the fair this week. Maisey grew up on the Neilson family farm, Justifiable Acres Ranch in Woodbine ...
Pages in category "Sheep breeds" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 308 total. ... Katahdin sheep; Katumsky sheep; Kerry Hill sheep ...
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In the early 1980s, 45 registered flocks were in the UK, [4] but the 2009 edition of the flock book of the Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society recognises almost 300 flocks. The Wiltshire Horn is one of the foundation breeds for Katahdin, Wiltipoll, and Easycare breeds and the Hampshire breed along with Southdown sheep and the Berkshire Nott. [4]
A Montana rancher has been sentenced to six months in prison after cloning a "near threatened" sheep from Asia and then selling its offspring to shooting preserves, according to court documents ...