Country
Specie
ISO3
CHE
Language
ger.
Transboundary name
Oxford Down
Other name
Brown Headed Meat Sheep, Grabs, Wildhaus, Oxford Down
Breed classification (adaptedness)
Native
Breed classification (geographic)
International
Color comments
uni coloured: white with brown and black face
Number of horns males
0
Number of horns females
0
Wither height males
81
Wither height females
74
Weight males
110.00
Weight females
80.00
Herdbook established
1900
Domestication status
domestic
Taxonomic classification
Breed
Description of origin
Native breed. With the reclassification of breeds in 1938, the Grabser Schaf strain was combined with the Brown-headed meat sheep. Since then, the name of Grabser sheep strain is no longer used.
Import
since 1996 from Oxford Down (United Kingdom), Schwarzköpfiges Fleischschaf (Germany)
Location within country
country-wide
Local cryo conservation status
No Material
Local Risk
Not at Risk
Detailed local risk status
Not at Risk
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Not at Risk
