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Oxford Down
Ewe and lamb at the Chiltern Open Air Museum
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 147 
  • DAD-IS (2022): at risk/endangered[2]
  • RBST (2022): at risk[3]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
DistributionEurope, North America
StandardOxford Down Sheep Breeders Association
Use
  • meat
  • terminal sire
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    110–145 kg
  • Female:
    90–110 kg
Height
  • Male:
    86 cm[2]
  • Female:
    76 cm[2]
Wool colourwhite
Face colourbrown or black
Horn statuspolled
  • Sheep
  • Ovis aries
Oxford Down sheep at a livestock show

The Oxford Down is a British breed of domestic sheep. It was developed in the 1830s by cross-breeding of Hampshire Down and Southdown ewes with Cotswold rams.[2][4] It is reared primarily for meat.[2]

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