Charollais (sheep)
Encyclopedia
The Charollais is a breed of domestic sheep
originating in France
. It has been exported internationally, and is commonly used in the U.K. as a sire to produce market lambs with purebred ewes and mules
.
Domestic sheep
Sheep are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries...
originating in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It has been exported internationally, and is commonly used in the U.K. as a sire to produce market lambs with purebred ewes and mules
Mule (sheep)
In sheep farming, the term Mule is used to refer to a cross between a lowland ram and a purebred upland ewe....
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