Suffolk sheep
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The Suffolk is a British breed of domestic sheep. It originated in the late eighteenth century in the area of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, as a result of cross-breeding when Norfolk Horn ewes were put to improved Southdown rams. It is a polled, black-faced breed, and is raised primarily for its meat. It has been exported to many countries, and is among the most numerous breeds of sheep worldwide.[1]Template:R/superscript
History
The Suffolk originated in the area surrounding Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk in the late eighteenth century, as a result of cross-breeding when Norfolk Horn ewes were put to improved Southdown rams.[1]Template:R/superscript They were at first known as Blackfaces or Southdown-Norfolks;[2]Template:R/superscript the first use of the name "Suffolk" for these sheep dates to 1797. In 1810 it was recognised as distinct breed, but was not known by the present name until 1859.[1]Template:R/superscript A breed society, the English Suffolk Society, was formed in 1886; a flock-book published in the following year recorded some Script error: No such module "val". ewes.[1]Template:R/superscript By the end of the nineteenth century the Suffolk had displaced the Oxford Down as the principal terminal sire used on cross-bred ewes in Scotland. By the 1980s breed numbers in the United Kingdom had risen to some Script error: No such module "val". head, but later fell;[1]Template:R/superscript in 2020 a total population of Script error: No such module "val". was reported.[3]Template:R/superscript
The Suffolk has been exported to many countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and the United States, and has become one of the most numerous sheep breeds in the world.[1]Template:R/superscript It was introduced to the United States in 1888 by one G.B. Streeter of Chazy, New York.[4]Template:R/superscript A large and long-legged sub-type has developed there; it is fast-growing, but the carcase is of lower quality.[1]Template:R/superscript
Characteristics
The Suffolk is a large sheep, white-woolled and polled, with a black face and black legs free of wool.[1]Template:R/superscript
Spider lamb syndrome may occur in the Suffolk breed.[5]Template:R/superscript
Use
Suffolk rams are commonly used as a terminal sire on cross-bred ewes to produce fast-growing lambs for slaughter.[6]Template:R/superscript
References
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Breed. Suffolk Sheep Society. Archived 20 September 2021.
- ↑ Breed data sheet: Suffolk / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Sheep). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2022.
- ↑ History of the Suffolk. United Suffolk Sheep Association. Archived 9 February 2006.
- ↑ Russell R. Hanson (2019). Congenital and Inherited Anomalies of the Musculoskeletal System in Sheep: Spider lamb syndrome. Merck Veterinary Manual. Accessed January 2022.
- ↑ Suffolk Sheep. Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers Limited. Accessed January 2022.
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