The breed was developed in Texas by crossing Barbados Black Belly sheep with Rambouillet sheep and mouflon. This produced a horned animal with a heavier carcase and increased muscle mass compared to the original black-bellied breed.
^de Almeida, André M. (2017). "Barbados Blackbelly: the Caribbean ovine genetic resource". Tropical Animal Health and Production. 50 (2): 239–250. doi:10.1007/s11250-017-1475-5. PMID 29185138. S2CID 11683216 – via Springer Link.
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american, blackbelly, breed, domestic, sheep, that, originated, united, states, country, originusadistributiontexasstandardinternational, barbados, blackbelly, sheep, associationusetrophy, huntingtraitshorn, statusmales, horned, ewes, polledsheepovis, ariesthe. The American Blackbelly is a breed of domestic sheep that originated in the United States American BlackbellyCountry of originUSADistributionTexasStandardInternational Barbados Blackbelly Sheep AssociationUseTrophy huntingTraitsHorn statusmales horned ewes polledSheepOvis ariesThe breed was developed in Texas by crossing Barbados Black Belly sheep with Rambouillet sheep and mouflon This produced a horned animal with a heavier carcase and increased muscle mass compared to the original black bellied breed American Blackbellies are mainly used for trophy hunting 1 References edit de Almeida Andre M 2017 Barbados Blackbelly the Caribbean ovine genetic resource Tropical Animal Health and Production 50 2 239 250 doi 10 1007 s11250 017 1475 5 PMID 29185138 S2CID 11683216 via Springer Link nbsp This sheep related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Blackbelly amp oldid 1175796482, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
