indigenous and exotic breed of sheep and goat in Nepal

1. Characteristics of Indigenous Breed
of Sheep
Presenter: Dr. Manoj karki
B.V.Sc & A.H.
2022/6/10

2.  There are over 800 breed of sheep in the world in a variety of
sizes, shapes, types and color.
 The indigenous breed of sheep are as follows:
1. Kage
2. Baruwal
3. Lampuchhre
4. Bhyanglung

3. KAGE
 It is considered to be the purest breed of native breed and generally found in
Kathmandu, pokhara, nuwakot, banke, and makwanpur
 They can thrive from 600 to 1700 m altitude and represent 21 % of total sheep
population
 Major characteristics are: coat color is white except on head, head are mostly brown,
short tail, coarse wool type sheep.
 Wool is suitable for making radi and pakhi
 Male have sickle shaped horn and ewe are polled
 Weight of kage breed of female sheep is 20-25 kg and male is 20-35 kg
 Ear are erect, the puberty at the age of 18-24 month and give 3 lambs per two years
 They produce 500 gm wool per year with two shearing

4. KAGE

5. Baruwal
 The term baruwal was derived from baduwal. In western part of country, it is still in used as
surname. But baruwal is using at mid- western, western ,cental and eastern part
 These are distributed in western hills, mid western and eastern hills
 It represent 63% of the total sheep population
 Major character: white in color but head color differs from white to black
 Remarkable travelling ability and sheep migrate in mountain alpine pastures and reach up
snow line in summer and during winter they come down grazing and browsing on pastures
and forest.
 Male have long curved horns and ewe are polled.
 They have roman nose, small atrophic ears and short tail
 Weight about 25-30 kg and they produce coarse wool and suitable for making radi.

6. Baruwal

7. Lampuchhre
 This breed is found in Terai region and it represent 12 % of thee total population
 Main character are: coat color is mostly white, but sometimes black and brown.
 Long tail and hence name lampuchhre
 Males are larger than females and have horns
 Adult body weight 20-40 kg
 They produce 0.5 kg wool per shearing and the wool is very inferior quality wool

8. Lampuchhre

9. Bhyanglung
 This breed is found in high hills and raised in the northern region at the altitude between
2500-4000 meter above the sea level
 It represent 4 % of the total sheep population in Nepal
 The breed is generally white coat color with variable head from white, brown and black
 The horns are straight, sickles, twisted and spiral
 Ears are small and drooping
 Roman nose and short tail, leg are short and strong
 Its weight about 60- 90 kg
 It produce fine, soft wool in comparison to other native breed.
 The annual wool production is 1 kg per two shearing and used in carpet and rugs
makings

10. Bhyanglung

11. Characteristics of Exotic Breed of Sheep
1. Merino
2. Rambullet
3. Border Leicester
4. Lincon

12. Merino
 The breed is a native of Spain and has spread throughout the world
 It is the most popular fine wool breed of the world
 It is also termed as golden footed sheep
 Characteristics are: white faced sheep with white feet, ewes are polled, while the rams
have rather large, heavy, spirally turned horns
 The size is small but most of the portion of fore and hind legs are covered with wool
 It is extremely hard and can survive under adverse weather and grazing condition.
 Wool production: 5 -6 kg per year
 Weight: ram 80 -105 kg , ewe is 55- 80 kg

13. Merino

14. Border leicester
 This breed is developed in British/ England.
 This breed is generally regarded as cross between Cheviot and the Leicester.
 Average weight of mature ram is 100 kg and ewe is 85 kg
 They are medium sized breed, having coat color white but some are black tinge or
black spot
 They produce dense, free, even and lustrous wool
 Wool production : 3 -5 kg per year

15. Border leicester

16. Rambullet
 The breed has developed in France
 Major characteristics are: large breed with white hair around nose and ear.
 The mature adult weight of rams is 110-125 kg and ewe is 70-90 kg
 The breed is well known for wool, but also for meat, dual purpose breed with superior
wool
 They produce excellent fine wool fleece.
 The fleece was valuable in the manufacture of cloth
 Wool production : 5 to 8 kg per year

17. Rambullet

18. Lincon
 This breed is known as native to England
 This is the largest breed of sheep and manure weight is about 155 kg
 This breed is used in cross breeding and in developing new sheep breeds
 The wool produce by lincon is long in the staple, reaching 300-480 mm in length and is
very dense and course
 They produce around 5-6 kg wool per year

19. Lincon