Populations and production of fat-tailed and fat-rumped sheep in the Horn of Africa |
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Authors: | Wilson Richard Trevor |
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Institution: | (1) Bartridge House, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9AS, UK |
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Abstract: | The six countries comprising the Horn of Africa are Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Somalia. Together, they
cover an area of just under 5 million square kilometres and support a human population of 17.7 million at an average density
of 38.15 people per square kilometre (although in the purely pastoral areas population density is probably of the order of
15–16 people per square kilometre). The Horn is a major repository of domestic animal biodiversity and genetic resources and
is home to 15 million one-humped camels, 110 million cattle, 94 million goats and 102 million sheep. A list of 72 sheep “breeds”
of which 23 can be considered fat-tailed or fat-rumped has been compiled for the area, although many of these are merely subtypes
of a larger grouping and several are not native to the Horn. This paper provides information, where such is available, on
the distribution, numbers and production parameters of the fat-tailed and fat-rumped sheep that occupy the Horn. |
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