Country
Specie
ISO3
UKR
Other name
Gisarska
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Additional information
There are three types in the breed: lard, meat-and-lard and meat.
Additional information comments
Good gaining ability in summer, even at poor pastures and with poor water supply.
Adaptability to specific environment
Gissarian sheep perfectly adapt to different environmental conditions, especially deserts and semi-deserts.
Specific reproductive characteristic
Each 100 ewes born 115-130 lambs.
Other special qualities
Sheep are early maturing.
Efabis adaptability to marginal land
Sheep are endurant. Easily bear even long passages (up to 500 km) from winter pastures to summer highlands. They can cross lands as in daytime, so at night.
Efabis main colour
Brown of different shades.
Number of horns males
0
Number of horns females
0
Wither height males
85
Weight males
120.00
Weight females
85.00
Other specific visible traits
The world's largest sheep breed. The constitution is strong, with wide aqnd put forward chest. A head is hawk-nosed, massive, sagging ears. Tail length can not be more than 9 cm.
Domestication status
domestic
Taxonomic classification
Breed
Location within country
western part of Ukraine.
Local cryo conservation status
No Information
Local Risk
Extinct
Detailed local risk status
Extinct
