- Taleshi (sheep)
The Taleshi is a breed of
domestic sheep fromIran , numbering some 400,000 animals in the north of the country (ASRI, 2004), and distributed in the northern and western parts ofGilan Province in the mountains between Assalem, Khalkhal, Oshkourat, and Deilaman. This breed can also be found in some areas of Guilan-Zanjan boarder. Mean adult live weight in this breed is 35(kg) for male and 31(kg) for female. The coat colour for this breed is yellowish-white to pure white, but brown patches are found on the head, face and at the bottom of the legs (DAGRIS, 2006).This breed is valued mainly due to its small size, meat, and ability to live in mountainous areas with rain-fed foothills and foothill steppes with 1300 mm rain (Kioumarsi et al., 2008).
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List of sheep breeds References
* ASRI, 2004. Iran's Country Report on Farm Animal Genetic Resources. Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Education Organization, Animal Science Research Institute of Iran, 131pp.
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* Kioumarsi, H., K. Jafari Khorshidi, M. Zahedi far, A. R. Seidavi, S. Z. Mirhosseini and M. R. Taherzadeh. 2008. The effect of dietary energy and protein level on performance, efficiency and carcass characteristics of Taleshi lambs. Asian J. Anim. Vet. Adv. 3: 307-313.
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