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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    The Damara is a Namibian breed of fat-tailed hair sheep, also found in South Africa.The name derives from that of the Damara region of northern Namibia where it is principally found, particularly in the Kaokoveld Desert. [4]: 794 [5] Together with the Namaqua Afrikaner and the Ronderib Afrikaner, it is one of three breeds in the Afrikaner group of sheep that were already in southern Africa ...
  3. researchgate.net

    Download scientific diagram | Damara fat tailed sheep. A) Damara, Dorper and Australian Merino rams at the initial stages of the feeding trial. Notice the characteristic hanging fat tail of the ...
  4. roysfarm.com

    Aug 26, 2024The Damara sheep has a fairly high resistance to most sheep diseases. And they have also good tolerance against internal parasites. The ewes are excellent mothers and they can produce enough milk, even for raising twin lambs. And twin lambs usually occur in 5 to 10 percent of the births. The ewes generally care well for their lambs, and ...
  5. breeds.okstate.edu

    The Damara sheep is a fairly large sheep in terms of shoulder height. The body is long, oval and fairly deep. The top-line over the head is arched. It drops down in the neck, rising to the withers from where it declines slightly to rise again over well-developed loins. It then follows the line of a typical sloping rump. The legs are long and ...
  6. proagri.co.za

    The native sheep breeds do well in veld grazing systems. Damara. Damara ewe and lamb. (Source: GL Damara Sheep / Skaap, Facebook) Large and native to Namibia, the Damara sheep stands out with its distinctive black face. It has a long, skinny body, short hair, and a thick, woolly undercoat that it only needs to shed during the summer.
  7. researchgate.net

    Namaqua Afrikaner sheep and Damara sheep found in drier areas, characterised by having fat-tails and rumps (Molotsi et al., 2020). Zulu sheep along with Bapedi sheep are Nguni type found in wet ...
  8. peekapoos.info

    Damara Sheep Characteristics. Although the Damara sheep is mostly a horned sheep, polls do appear in ewes more frequently than in rams. Rams have spiral horns that are well grown and extend out from the skull. The legs are tall and robust, and the hooves are uniform and shaped well. The fat tail is wedge-shaped, large, and thin, extending to ...
  9. livestockoftheworld.com

    In 1904, this long-legged sheep breed was seen by German explorers in the northern region of Namibia, which was then called Gross Damaland - hence it became known as the Damara Sheep. At one time, local farmers who used copper in their traditional attire, exchanged Damara Sheep for copper wire and for horses.
  10. padlangsnamibia.com

    Jan 30, 2024The fat-tailed African sheep are referred to as Damara sheep, the name taken from the Great Damaraland region (as it was known in the early days), where they were mainly found. Van Vuuren told me how Toy Maritz, another farmer in the area, managed to bring some Damara sheep over the red line to his farm in the late 1940s and 50s, and began to ...
  11. Damara sheep have a very diverse diet. It feeds on grass, shrubs and shrubs and can almost be classified as a crawler. Studies have shown that the diet of Damara sheep can consist of up to 64% of browse material. This places Damara in the same feeding category as goats. A large, fat-tailed sheep, the Damara also have a relatively long appearance.

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  1. Damara sheep

    Sheep breed

    The Damara is a Namibian breed of fat-tailed hair sheep, also found in South Africa. The name derives from that of the Damara region of northern Namibia where it is principally found, particularly in the Kaokoveld Desert. Together with the Namaqua Afrikaner and the Ronderib Afrikaner, it is one of three breeds in the Afrikaner group of sheep that were already in southern Africa before the arrival of colonists, and which forms part of the broader African Long-fat-tailed sheep grouping. It may be solid black, brown or white, or black-and-white pied. Wikipedia

    Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk, DAD-IS (2022): at risk
    Country of originNamibia, South Africa
    StandardDamara Sheep Breeders' Society of South Africa
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