Country
Specie
ISO3
TUR
Language
turk.
Description
Hamdani is fat-tailed sheep breed in northern Mesopotamia (Iraq and Turkey)
Other name
Hamdani, Hamdani
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Adaptability to specific environment
It is well adapted to high and mountainous terrain.
Special characteristic of product
Twinning percentage is reported as 4% for this breed
Reference for special qualities
Odabaşıoğlu F., Öztürk Y. 1998. Van ve Yöresinde Hamdani Koyunlarının Verimleri ve Morfolojik Özelliklerinin Araştırılması Proje Sonuç Raporu (Research of yield and morphologic characters of Hamdani Sheep in Van and Neighbourhood Areas Project Report).
Efabis adaptability to marginal land
Quite resistant to adverse environmental conditions and diseases.
Color comments
multi coloured
Efabis main colour
Body is generaly white coloured. It can rarely seen black-white and brown-white coloured.
Efabis skin colour
White
Number of horns males
2
Number of horns females
0
Horn shape size and comments
Rams horns are a spiral form. Ewes are polled or rarely crescent horns can be seen
Wither height females
61
Weight females
58.00
Other specific visible traits
Near East fat-tailed type, very long and dropping ears
Domestication status
domestic
Taxonomic classification
Breed
Description of origin
Near East fat-tailed type
Location within country
Hakkari, Şırnak, Van, Mardin and Batman provinces, south eastern of Turkey
Local cryo conservation status
No Material
Local Risk
Unknown
Detailed local risk status
Unknown
