Английская Википедия:Arabi sheep

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox sheep breed Arabi is a domesticated breed of fat-tailed sheep from southwestern Iran, southern Iraq and northeastern Arabia and Egypt. Though it does grow wool, it is primarily raised for meat.[1]

Characteristics

The Arabi rams have horns and the ewes are polled (hornless). This breed is the foundation stock for the Wooled Persian of South Africa.[1]

It is highly likely that the Arabi is descended from very ancient importations from Arabia across the narrow Bal-el-Mandeb Straits at the mouth of the Red Sea.[2] This breed has adapted to extreme temperatures and conditions. Within the foothills of Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, summer temperatures rise to Шаблон:Convert and winter temperatures down to Шаблон:Convert with less than Шаблон:Convert rain. From 1990 to 2000, the population of the Arabi increased from 1.4 million to 1.5 million.[3]

The Arabi is usually white; however, black, brown and black-and-brown can occur. The wool has an average diameter of 26.2 micrometres. The average weight of mature rams is Шаблон:Convert with an average height at the wither of Шаблон:Convert. For mature ewes, their average weight is Шаблон:Convert, Шаблон:Convert at the withers and provides Шаблон:Convert of wool per shearing. Birth weight for rams is about Шаблон:Convert and ewes Шаблон:Convert. On average, slightly more than one lamb is produced per litter.[2]

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