The Bluefaced Leicester (BFL) is a longwool breed of sheep which evolved from a breeding scheme of Robert Bakewell, in Dishley, Leicestershire in the eighteenth century. First known as the Dishley Leicester, and then the Hexham Leicester, because of the prevalence of the breed in Northumberland, the name Bluefaced Leicester became known at the beginning of the 20th century.[1] In the 1970s, the Bluefaced Leicester was exported to Canada. Exported frozen semen from the United Kingdom is now used to expand the genetic diversity in Canada and the United States.[2] It is raised primarily for meat.[3]
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"Bluefaced Leicester". Breeds of Sheep. Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animals Science. Archived from the original on 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
The BluefacedLeicester (BFL) is a longwool breed of sheep which evolved from a breeding scheme of Robert Bakewell, in Dishley, Leicestershire in the...
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descendants of Bakewell's sheep include the English Leicester, Border Leicester, BluefacedLeicester, Scotch mule, and Welsh halfbred. The Leicestershire...
retrieved 14 September 2009 Desilva, Udaya; Fitch, Jerry (1995), "BluefacedLeicester", Breeds of Livestock, Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal...
The Border Leicester is a British breed of sheep. It is a polled, long-wool sheep and is considered a dual-purpose breed as it is reared both for meat...
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based on high-performance animals in existing flocks of Dorset Horn, BluefacedLeicester and Eastrip Prolific sheep kept by the Alderson family. Additional...
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through cross-breeding. Blackface ewes are commonly put to Blue-faced Leicester rams to produce the Scottish Mule or Scottish Greyface. Ewes of this cross-breed...
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The Leicester Longwool is an English breed of sheep. Alternative names for the breed include: Leicester, Bakewell Leicester, Dishley Leicester, English...
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Christopher Dunn imported only one Cotswold ram to cross with his English Leicester ewes. The resulting crosses were so impressive that they prompted William...
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are often crossed with lowland rams such as the Suffolk, Texel or BluefacedLeicester to breed mules, and to produce market lambs for meat. When bred pure...
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