Gansu Alpine Fine-wool

Gamsu Alpine Fine-wool

Country of origin	China
Use	Wool
Traits
Skin color	White
Wool color	White
Sheep Ovis aries

Gansu Alpine Fine-wool is a breed of domesticated sheep from China. This breed was created by crossing Mongolian or Tibetan with Xinjiang Fine-wool and then with some fine-wool breeds from Russia. It is primarily raised for wool.^[1]

Characteristics

This breed was specifically developed to readily adapt to the harsh climate and weather conditions native to the Huangchen District of Gansu Province.^[2]

Both sexes are unicolored and white. Rams are 78 cm tall at the withers, weigh 75 kg and have spiral shaped horns. Ewes are 65 cm at the withers, weigh 40 kg and have scurs or small horns. On average, ewes mature at 18 months while rams mature at 24 months. The average birthweight for rams is 4.2 kg while ewes is 4.0 kg. Ewes average 1.3 lambs per litter throughout her lifetime.^[3]

References

1. "Gansu Alpine Fine-wool". Breeds of Livestock. Oklahoma State University, Dept. of Animal Science. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
2. "Gansu Alpine Finewool". Sheep Breeds G - I. Sheep101.info. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
3. "Gansu Alpine Finewool/China". Breed data sheet. Domestic Animal Diversity Information Service. Retrieved 2014-09-18.