The Van Rooy, also known as the Van Rooy White Persian, is a breed of domestic sheep native to South Africa. The Van Rooy was first developed in 1906 by (and named for)J. C. van Rooy, a South African Senator and farmer in the Bethulie district.[1] The Van Rooy is cross between indigenous Ronderib Afrikaner sheep, and Rambouillets. It is a fat-tailed sheep and also a hair sheep, removing the need for shearing and crutching. They are generally kept for meat production, and are very well-suited to arid climates. Van Rooys are polled, have drooping ears, and are entirely white.[2] The breed is relatively rare, even in South Africa, but has also been exported to Namibia and Zimbabwe.[3]
In 1998, the first Van Rooy embryos were imported into Australia and rams have now been used as a foundation sires in White Dorper upgrading programs.[4] Van Rooy genetics have also contributed to the development of the Australian White sheep breed.[5]
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Dorset Horn x Blackhead Persian around the 1930s. Other breeds such as the VanRooy are also believed to have contributed to the development of the White Dorper...
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the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2011. DeRooy et al. 2008, p. 25. DeRooy et al. 2008, pp. 35–36, 55–72. "Fossils". National Park Service...
sheep, goat and cattle ranching for meat production purposes. The most common sheep breed ranched with is the Dorper, with Persian, Damara, VanRooy,...
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entrepreneur and politician Yvonne vanRooy (born 1951), a retired Dutch politician, MEP, diplomat and businesswoman Roger van Boxtel (born 1954), a retired...
No. 1, p. 115–120. Hedberg, I. (1996), van der Maesen, L. J. G.; van der Burgt, X. M.; van Medenbach de Rooy, J. M. (eds.), "Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea"...
Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. VanRooy (ed.). Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets...
Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. VanRooy (ed.). Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets...
128–142. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198848523.003.0008. ISBN 978-0-19-884852-3. VanRooy, Raf, "Ch 10 Erasmus, an Unsuspected Superspreader of New Ancient Greek...
Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. VanRooy (ed.). Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets...
Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. VanRooy (ed.). Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets...
Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. VanRooy (ed.). Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets...
Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. VanRooy (ed.). Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets...
Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?". In Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. VanRooy (ed.). Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets...
"John 1:19-25". Bible Gateway. Islam And Christianity - Ahmed Deedat VS VanRooy (12/17). YouTube. 19 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22...
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