Breeds
This is a medium-wool breed which is almost solid white but has dark nostrils and black hooves.
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What is Southdown?
This breed was developed in Missouri and is characterized by its bright white wool and lack of leg wool.
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What is Montadale?
This fiber is taken from sheep by shearing and is used to make textiles.
What is wool?
What is fiber diameter?
Despite its misleading name, this is a fungal infection that is common in sheep.
What is ringworm?
This is a large breed with a wool cap and wool on its legs.
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What is hampshire?
This breed is all white with white hooves and faces.
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What is Dorset?
This product is taken after slaughter and is the wool still attacked to the hide of a lamb or sheep.
What is a pelt?
This determines what the wool can be used for. Refers to the average length of a group of fibers.
What is staple length?
This greasy coating found on wool is used in moisturizers and lotions.
What is lanolin?
This is the most common breed in the US. It has a black head, is open-faced, and has no wool on its legs.
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What is Suffolk?
This breed produces hair rather than wool and is known for its fat tail and ability to withstand warm weather.
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What is Dorper?
This is the meat of a sheep older than one year.
What is mutton?
Refers to the waviness of the fibers.
What is crimp?
This process compresses wool into a tight-woven, less soft fabric. It is a good use for short fibers.
What is felt/felting?
This multipurpose breed is characterized by having wool on its legs, jaw, and cap, as well as its small ears (picture 4)
What is Shrop/Shropshire?
This breed is characterized by its wool-free white face which is spotted with black.
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What is speck/speckled face?
This is commonly used to make products like Pecorino Romano, Roquefort, Feta, and more. It is also characterized by its sweetness.
What is milk?
This is an old form of measuring fiber diameter. In this system, a higher count correlates to a finer fiber diameter.
What is spinning count?
This is a common veterinary emergency in sheep consisting of an organ turning itself inside out.
What is a prolapse?
This breed, which originated in France, is a descendant of the Merino breed. It is characterized by its wool-free face below the eyes and forward-facing, downward-tilting ears
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What is Rambouillet?
This is the wool taken from one sheep.
What is a fleece?
This is the Weight of a fleece after it has been washed.
What is yield?
This term refers to sheep with wool on their faces.
What is closed-faced?