Английская Википедия:Charmoise

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The Charmoise is a French breed of domestic sheep. It was created in the early nineteenth century by Шаблон:Ill, by cross-breeding of Romney stock imported from the United Kingdom with local breeds including the Berrichon du Cher, Merino, Шаблон:Ill and Tourangelle.Шаблон:R It is reared for both meat and wool.Шаблон:R Breed numbers fell from a peak of approximately Шаблон:Val in the 1960s to about Шаблон:Val in 1983, to approximately Шаблон:Val in 2001, and further to Шаблон:Val in 2014.Шаблон:R

History

The Charmoise was created in the early nineteenth century by Шаблон:Ill at his estate La Charmoise, in the département of Loir-et-Cher between Blois and Tours in central France.Шаблон:R Romney rams imported from Kent in the United Kingdom were cross-bred with ewes of local breeds including the Berrichon du Cher, Merino, Шаблон:Ill and Tourangelle, in the hope of combining the meat qualities of the former with the rusticity of the latter.Шаблон:R

The breed was rapidly established, by 1820 at the latest. Its first appearance at an agricultural show was in 1852. In 1896 a breed society was established; in 1926 this was re-formed, and in 1927 the first volume of the flock-book was published.Шаблон:R There were by this time some Шаблон:Val head. Numbers increased further in the twentieth century, reaching a peak of approximately Шаблон:Val head in the 1960s.Шаблон:R These were widely distributed in south-west central France, in an area bounded roughly by the rivers Garonne to the south-west and Loire to the north and east, and concentrated particularly in the départements of Haute-Vienne and Vienne in the centre of that area.Шаблон:R From the 1960s numbers began to fall – to about Шаблон:Val in 1983, to approximately Шаблон:Val in 2001, and further to Шаблон:Val in 2014.Шаблон:R

In 2022 the conservation status of the Charmoise was listed by DAD-IS as 'not at risk'.Шаблон:R

Characteristics

The Charmoise is white-faced and white-woolled; it is polled in both sexes. Rams stand some Шаблон:Convert at the withers, and ewes about Шаблон:Val less.Шаблон:R Average body weights have increased by some Шаблон:Val since the mid-twentieth century; in 2016 the weight ranges were given as Шаблон:Cvt for rams and Шаблон:Cvt for ewes.Шаблон:R

See also

References

Шаблон:Commonscat Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Sheep breeds of France