In the context of sheep, Dorset may refer to:
* the
Dorset Down
The Dorset Down is a breed of sheep native to the Dorset Downs region of England. It originated in the early 19th century from crosses of local and Hampshire ewes with Southdown rams. The breed is not closely related to the Dorset (a.k.a. Dorse ...
, a British sheep breed
* the
Dorset Horn
The Dorset Horn is an endangered British breed of domestic sheep. It is documented from the seventeenth century, and is highly prolific, sometimes producing two lambing seasons per year. Among British sheep, it is the only breed capable of bre ...
, a British sheep breed
* the Polish Modified Dorset, a Polish sheep breed developed at the
University of Life Sciences in Poznań
The University of Life Sciences in Poznań ( pl, Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu, literally "University of Nature in Poznań") is a higher-education institution in Poznań, Poland. It officially gained university status on 11 April 2008. Its pr ...
* the
Poll Dorset
The Poll Dorset, a short-wool, meat-producing sheep, was developed in Australia between 1937 and 1954 with the aim of breeding a true Dorset type sheep without horns. The poll gene was introduced into Dorset Horn flocks from two other polled bre ...
, an Australian sheep breed derived from the Dorset Horn
* the
Polled Dorset
The Polled Dorset is an American breed of domestic sheep. It is a polled (hornless) variant of the British Dorset Horn. It was developed at the North Carolina State University Small Ruminant Unit in the 1950s after a genetic mutation led to ...
, an American sheep breed derived from the Dorset Horn
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