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Dutch breed of sheep
Texel
Conservation status
FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 148
DAD-IS (2023): not at risk[2]
Other names
Texelaar
Texelse
Improved Texel
Verbeterde Texelse
Country of origin
Netherlands
Use
meat
Traits
Weight
Male:
average 95 kg[2]
Female:
average 75 kg[2]
Height
Male:
average 70 cm[2]
Female:
average 68 cm[2]
Wool colour
white
Face colour
white
Horn status
polled
Sheep
Ovis aries
Three-year-old ram from the island of TexelBritish Texel ewe with twin lambs near Erpingham in Norfolk
The Texel is a Dutch breed of domestic sheep originally from the island of Texel.[3] It is a heavy and muscular sheep, and produces a lean meat carcass. It is polled, clean-faced and clean-legged, with white face and wool. The fibre diameter of the wool averages about 32 μ, with a staple length of 8–15 cm; it is used mainly for knitting and hosiery wools.[4]: 932
The Texel is distributed in approximately thirty-five countries in Europe, the Americas and Oceania, with estimated populations of over 5000 head in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.[5]
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season. Similar heritability estimates were obtained for a flock of Texelsheep. This heritability is similar to the heritability of growth rate in beef...
T. Quinn (2002) Bioavailability of dietary copper and zinc in adult Texelsheep: A comparative study of the effects of sulfate and Bioplex supplementation...
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