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Photo Courtesy of J. W. Wilson, “Fig. 10. First sheep with no tail to be born by crossing with a distinct long-tailed breed. In fleece she resembles the Southdown and in other respects the Notail breed. See report for the year 1939.” on Development of the Notail Sheep, 1940

Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last Record

1965

Place of Breeding

South Dakota, USA

Extinction Reason

Stop breeding

References

Jordan, R. M. (1952). THE DESCRIPTION OF THE NO-TAIL BREED OF SHEEP FOLLOWING FORTY YEARS OF BREEDING 1. PROC. S. D. ACAD. SCI., XXXI, 103–104. https://sdaos.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Vol.%2031%201952/52p103.pdf

Management to Avoid Tail Docking Sheep. Animal Welfare Approved. (n.d.). https://agreenerworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/TAFS-2-Management-to-Avoid-Tail-Docking-Sheep-v1.pdf

Porter, V., & Mason, I. L. (2002). Mason’s World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (5th ed.). Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing.

Schoenian, S. (2008). The welfare of docking and castrating lambs. Maryland Small Ruminant Page. http://www.sheepandgoat.com/#!welfare/c1kkl

Wilson, J. W. (1940). Development of the NOTAIL sheep. Brookings, SD: Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State College.

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