दक्कनी
The dominant sheep of the Deccan plateau, herded by the Dhangar community in large migratory flocks that fertilise farmland as they move.
Deccani
शारीरिक विशेषताएँ
- Colour: black; also white, or black-and-white mixed
- Medium body — 26 kg (female), 32 kg (male)
- Coarse, hairy fleece of low wool quality
- Males often horned; ears medium and drooping
किसानों के लिए लाभ
Highly adapted to migratory grazing over long distances
Penning flocks on fields delivers valuable manure to farmers
Survives drought years on very poor Deccan grazing
Supplies the bulk of mutton to western and southern markets
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नस्ल परिचय
- पशु प्रकार
- भेड़
- उपयोग
- मटन और ऊन
- मूल क्षेत्र
- Deccan plateau — Solapur, Ahmednagar, Bidar, Gulbarga, Medak
- पाई जाती है
- महाराष्ट्र कर्नाटक तेलंगाना आंध्र प्रदेश
- उत्पादन
- Wool: ~0.5 kg per year (coarse); mutton is the main product
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मटन
गरोल
पश्चिम बंगाल
A micro-sheep of the Sundarbans with worldwide scientific importance: it carries the FecB (Booroola) fertility gene, which has been used to raise lambing rates in sheep across the globe.
Regularly gives 2–3 lambs per lambing, twice a year
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Nellore
मटन
नेल्लोर
आंध्र प्रदेश
India's tallest sheep and a true hair sheep with almost no wool. It is regarded as one of the finest mutton breeds in the country.
Mutton-focused; no commercial wool
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Chottanagpuri
मटन
छोटानागपुरी
झारखंड, बिहार +1
A small, extremely hardy sheep of the Chotanagpur plateau, maintained by tribal households on forest and wasteland grazing.
Wool: ~0.4 kg per year (very coarse); kept for mutton
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