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Understand Breed (song) for the song of the same title by Nirvana.
The breed occurs as domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal.

The breed is non wholly correspondent to the tantamount term for domestic plants, which is a cultivar. An significant difference is that plants come normally propagated by striking or even graft cuttings. No corresponding system for creature. Cloning may change this whenever it becomes additional available.

The breed should besides exist as distinguished from either the strain, which is just the descendent of one important person, & which inside domestic beast is also referred to as a bloodline. The strain might not remain totally in the breed, nor occurs as breed necessarily composed of one strain.

For the nature and severity to exist as recognised as the breed, there should exist as a viable true-breeding people. Watch besides selective breeding, genotype, phenotype.

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Breeds of Livestock - Sheep Breeds, Ovis aries
Excellent resource describing breeds of sheep ranging from common dairy, mutton, and fiber breeds to minor and very rare breeds. Presented by Oklahoma State University as one section of the "Breeds of Livestock" Project. This is an ongoing project subject to updates and change.

Nolana Network
Encouraging co-operation between breeders of non-wooled and hair sheep.

Sheep Breeders Online Directory
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Canadian Co-operative Woolgrowers Online Catalogue
Sheep breeders in Canada, in an easy-to-find list.






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