Country
Specie
ISO3
POL
Language
pl
Description
Development of sheep-breeding in Europe at the turn of the 18th and 19th century, generated import of so-called
Transboundary name
Spanish sheep
Other name
from the Saxon and Austro-Hungarian flocks by the Polish landowners. Saxon Merino was observed in the Lubelszczyzna region before 1785. In the middle of the 19th century, owing to previous Merino sheep import,
Breed classification (adaptedness)
Polish Merino
Breed classification (geographic)
was developed. In the year 1883 early maturing Rambouillet sheepfold was established by B. Pruski. It was a turning point in the Polish Kingdom sheep husbandry and dual-purpose (meat and wool) utility started to be preferred from that time.
Additional information comments
Old type polish merino
Efabis cultural role comment
Locally adapted
Efabis cultural value
Local
Number of horns females
0
Horn shape size and comments
white
Wither height males
white
Herdbook established
90
Domestication status
60
Description of origin
y
Import
domestic
Local Risk
between the 17th and 19th century
Regional Transboundary Risk (detailed)
central Poland (the Wielkopolska province and Kujawy-Pomerania province)
International Transboundary Risk detailed
No Information
