Name any four breeds of sheep found in india

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The name of different breeds of sheep found in India and the places where they are found

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Sheep BreedsIndian sheep breeds1. MecheriIt is distributed in Salem, Erode, Karur, Namakkal, and fewer parts of Dharmapuri districts of Tamilnadu.It is a meat purpose breed.It has medium sized body with pale purplish skin color.There are no horns for both the sexes.Tail is smaller and slender. Adult male average body weight 36kg. Adult female average body weight 22kg.

2. Chennai red

This is distributed in Chennai, Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Thiruvannamalai districts of Tamilnadu.It is meat purpose breed.Majority are purple in color.Certain animals have colored stripes on their forehead.Adult male average body weight 36kg. Adult females average body weight 24 kg.

3. Ramanadhapuram white

This is distributed in Ramanadhapuram, Sivagangai, and Virudhunagar districts of Tamilnadu.It is meat purpose breed.It has medium sized body.Majority of them are white in color.Certain goats hold black colored stripes all over their body.Adult males have their bent horns, whereas females with absence of horns.Legs are smaller and slender.Adult male average body weight 31kg. Adult female average body weight 23kg.

4. Keezhakaraisal

This is distributed in Ramanadhapuram, Sivagangai and Thirunelveli districts of Tamilnadu.It is meat purpose breed.It has medium sized body.It is found in black red skin color.Black colored bands are found on the skin in the regions of head, stomach and legs.Tail is smaller and slender.Adult male goats are found with stronger coiled horns.Majority of the goats are found with wattle, under the jaw/throat.Adult male average body weight 29kg. Adult female average body weight 22kg.

5. Vembur

It is distributed in Vembur, melakarandhai, keezha karandhai, nagalapuram regions, Tuticorin and Virudhunagar districts of Tamilnadu.It is meat purpose breed.These are taller breeds.They have white color skin with red color spots over their body.Ears are drooped out.Tail is smaller and slender.Adult males are found with horns and absence of horns in case of females.Adult males average body weight 35kgs. Adult females average body weight 28kgs.

6. Neelagiri

These are distributed in Neelagiri district of Tamilnadu.It is wool purpose breed.They are medium weighed animal.Majority are found in white colors.Certain goats are found with purple spots on their body and face.Ears are broad and drooped out.Females are without horns.Adult male average body weight 31kg. Adult female average body weight 31kg.

7. Trichy black

These are distributed in Trichy, Perambalur, Dharmapuri and Salem districts of Tamilnadu.It is wool purpose breed.These are smaller breeds.Black coloured all over the body.Adult males are found with horns and females without horns.Ears are smaller, facing forward and downwards.Adult male average body weight 26kg. Adult female average body weight 19kg.

8. Coimbatore

It is distributed in Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu.It is wool purpose breed.Medium weighed animal.Found in white colors, with black or purple colored bands, seen over the regions of head and neck.30% of adult females are free of horns.Adult male average body weight 25kg. Adult female average body weight 20kg.

9. Deccani

Deccani breed is an admixture of the woolly types of Rajasthan and the hairy types of Andra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.It is found in Bombay-Deccan region and parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh States.The sheep is small and hardy, and well adapted to poor pastoral conditions.It possesses a coloured fleece, black and gray colours being more dominant.The average annual yield of wool being 4.54 kg per sheep.The wool is of a low grade and is a mixture of hair and fine fibres, mostly consumed for the manufacture of rough blankets (Kambals).The flocks are maintained chiefly for mutton.

10. Nellore

It is distributed in Nellore, Prakasam and Ongole districts of Andhra Pradesh.They are tall animals with little hair except at brisket, withers and breech.Rams are homed ewes are polled.Long and drooping ears;Majority of animals carry wattles.Males have average body weight of 36 kg and female have 28 kg.Nellore is the tallest breed of sheep in India, resembling goats in appearance.It has a long face and long ears with the body densely covered with short hair.The majority of the flocks are of fawn or deep red fawn colour.

Name any four breeds of sheep found in india

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