Country
Specie
ISO3
AUT
Language
ger.
Other name
Sumava
Breed classification (adaptedness)
Native
Breed classification (geographic)
Local
Adaptability to specific environment
The breed is adapted to rough weather conditions.
Specific resistance or tolerance
Highly resistant against foot rot.
Special characteristic of product
The wool fibre in the mixed fleece is as fine as Merino wool. No undesirable mutton-flavor in the lamb meat even in older lambs.
Other special qualities
Forest sheep tweed
Reference for special qualities
- cloth in tweed weave dyed with natural dies.
Efabis environmental role
Kun, Gunhild: Beiträge zur Charakterisierung und Verwendung der Mischwollen von Ostpreussischen Skudden und Rauhwolligen Pommerschen Landschafen. Vet.med.Diss., Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany, 1995
Body conformation
Will graze even swamp grasses and mat grass. Browses heavily on brush and bushes.
Coat description
Well adapted to harsh, cold and wet climate and poor pastures.
Efabis skin colour
All colour combinations also pied animals. White markings on head, tail and legs are common in dark animals. In white animals frequently pigmented spots on wolless body parts. Solid black animals are rare.
Number of horns males
0
Number of horns females
0
Horn shape size and comments
0/2
Wither height males
0/2
Weight males
70.00
Weight females
62.00
Other specific visible traits
65
Herdbook
47
Herdbook established
Straight head with slightly Roman profile, small pointed erect ears, long woolly tail.
Domestication status
y
Taxonomic classification
1994
Description of origin
domestic
Year of origin
0
Import
Descended from Zaupel sheep. Autochthonous breed.
Location within country
Known since the Middle Ages.
Local cryo conservation status
Since 1984 10% imported from Bavaria (Germany)
Local Risk
Austrian part of Bohemian Mass
Detailed local risk status
Sufficient
Regional Transboundary Risk (detailed)
At Risk
International Transboundary Risk detailed
Endangered maintained
