Some breeds of sheep

Breeds Origin Characteristics

1. Barbados Barbados Island with Adapted to wide range of environment; high
Blackbelly African Ancestry reproductive efficiency; hair type: sweet mutton;
black colors covers under parts completely
extending up the neck and down the insides of the
legs
2. Priangan Indonesia Primary for ram fighting and meat; Thin-tailed;
often lacks external ears
3. Shropshire England Wool-type; believed to be as one of the ancestors
of the Philippine sheep
4. Suffolk England Wool-type; meat, dark colored feces and legs
5. Merino Spain Finest wool producer; the other ancestor of
Philippine sheep
6. Dorset England Reproductively very prolific; breeds year round;
widely used to produce hothouse lambs; Mature
ewe weighs 150 to 200 lbs; Rams weigh 225 to 275
lbs.
7. Katahin Sheep Developed in USA Mix of hardy, prolific breeds, including native hair
sheep from the Virgin Islands; developed to be
hardy in hot or cold climates, non-seasonal
breeders, with multiple lambs.

Some breeds of goat in the country

Breeds Origin Characteristics
1. Anglo Nubian England Long wide pendulous ears
Convex roman nose
Anglo Nubian USA All purpose(meat, milk, hide)
-proved better suited in the tropics
-Low mortality and higher fertility than that of a
local goat
2. Saanen Switzerland Cream to White
Known to have the longest milking period “queeny
of dairy goat”
Alert breed, upright ears
-although able to produce very high milk yields
under stall feeding husbandry, were not able to
reach genetic potential otherwise
3. Alpine France/Switzerland Straight face; with clear pure white markings at
each side of the belly; dairy type
 -shows erratic breeding and lactation
performance when situated in humid tropics
4. Toggenburg Switzerland Erect ears carried forward; white ears with dark
spot in the middle; two strips down the muzzle
white from hock (hind legs) and knee (for legs)
downward; oldest known dairy goat
5. La Mancha Oregon/Spain Straight face; very distinctive ears types
(rudimentary); “gopher ear” (like squirrel or
tortoise) and “elf ear”; dairy
6. Boar South Africa The name means farmer in Dutch to distinguish it
from the Angora goats; meat goats; the first goat
breed involved in meat production performance
testing; horned with lop ears

7. Native goat Small, stocky and lowest; believed to have

originated from Katjang breed.