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Engadine Sheep
The Red Engadine or Engadine Red is a traditional Swiss breed of Domestic Sheep, domestic sheep from the Lower Engadine valley and some neighbouring parts of Bavaria and Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It derives from cross-breeding of stock of Bergamasca sheep, Bergamasca and Alpines Steinschaf type. It is characterised by its convex profile, its fox-red wool and its long lop ears. In the 1980s it became gravely rare breed (agriculture), endangered, but has since recovered. It is a hardy mountain sheep; the hooves are strong and hard, and the breed is one of the few that are reported to have good resistance to foot rot. History The Red Engadine is a long-established traditional mountain sheep breed of the Lower Engadine valley, in the canton of Graubünden in south-eastern Switzerland, and some neighbouring parts of Bavaria in Germany and Tyrol (state), Tyrol in Austria. It derives from cross-breeding of sheep similar to the modern Bergamasca sheep, Bergamasca, brought by Italian shephe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAD-IS
DAD-IS is the acronym of the worldwide Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, within the FAO's management of animal genetic resources programme.Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DADIS)- About. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It includes a searchable database of information about breeds, the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources; it also holds tools for management, and contacts for the National and Regional Coordinators for the programme. Data frothe Global Databankis used for reporting on the global status and trends of animal genetic resources. The fourth version of the DAD-IS was launched on 21 November 2017. Breeds in the Global Databank There were 11,116 mammalian national breed populations in DAD-IS as of February 2016, and 3,799 avian national breed populations.2016. FAO. Status of Animal Genetic Resources. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/c40d538b-476 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
