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Lamb is the most expensive of the three types, and in recent decades, sheep meat has increasingly only been retailed as "lamb", sometimes stretching the accepted distinctions given above. The stronger-tasting mutton is now hard to find in many areas, despite the efforts of the Mutton Renaissance Campaign in the UK.
For example, using UK government Livestock Units (LUs) from the 2003 scheme [1] a particular 10 ha (25-acre) pasture field might be able to support 15 adult cattle or 25 horses or 100 sheep: in that scheme each of these would be regarded as being 15 LUs, or 1.5 LUs per hectare (about 0.6 LUs per acre).
Mutton flaps are a staple in the South Pacific [4] where their high fat content has been linked with the development of obesity problems. [ 5 ] [ 4 ] In 2000, Fiji banned their import. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On July 1, 2020, Tonga banned the import of mutton flaps from New Zealand , claiming their consumption plays a major role in increasing obesity among ...
Poddy lamb, bottle lamb or pet lamb – an orphan lamb reared on a bottle. Also cade lamb, or placer. Rubbed wool indicating the presence of external parasites on sheep. Pour-on – see backliner. Raddle – coloured pigment used to mark sheep for various reasons, such as to show ownership, or to show which lambs belong to which ewe. May be ...
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.
Sheep grazing the salt meadows around Mont Saint-Michel Agneau de pré-salé ( French : ' salt marsh lamb ' ) is a type of lamb which was raised in salt marsh meadows of France [ 1 ] (especially Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy and the Bay of the Somme in Picardy ), and parts of the UK and the Netherlands.
Herdwicks are a dual-purpose breed, producing strongly flavoured lamb and mutton and a coarse, grey wool. The slowly maturing breed is one of the most hardy of all the British hill sheep breeds, withstanding the cold and relentless rain of the Lake District at heights upwards of 3,000 feet (about 1,000 metres). [ 2 ]
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