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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Hair breeds of sheep evolved under extensive production systems and may have the potential to decrease labor requirements and to contribute to easy-care production systems.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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These breeds are hardy hill sheep breeds and do not require or desire a lot of intensive management -a helping hand and diligent shepherding is the management style that we have developed.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Herding breeds assist humans in herding sheep or cattle and are generally easily trained.
Icelandic sheep are one of the oldest purest domesticated breeds of sheep.
Sheep Sheep are so far the least affected by modern commercial husbandry practices: both in respect of the survival of the variety of breeds and of sheep management systems.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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There are 10 to 12 different breeds of sheep on Salt Spring, the oldest being the Suffolk which have been on the island since around 1890 when settlers came from Great Britain.
Shetland sheep are the smallest of the northern breeds and are typically identified as such by the presence of the fluke tail specifically amongst other distinguishing characteristics.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Three local sheep breeders all joined together to host an open barn tour describing our different breeds of sheep to interested spinners and knitters.
Information about sheep breeds found in Australia, including advantages and disadvantages of each breed.
They are one of the hardiest sheep breeds in the country and are the backbone of the Scottish sheep industry.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Capripox is caused by strains of capripoxvirus and produces a characteristic clinical disease in fully susceptible breeds of sheep and goats that cannot be confused with any other disease.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Our sheep are registered with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in England and our flock is enrolled in the USDA Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification program.
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