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The Barbados Black Belly is a breed of domestic sheep from the Caribbean island of Barbados. It is raised primarily for meat. Unlike most tropical sheep, it is highly prolific, with an average litter size of approximately 2.
28 Νοε 2017 · Ovine production is one of the most important activities in animal production in tropical regions. The Barbados Blackbelly, a very interesting genetic resource, particularly well adapted to a harsh home environment in the humid tropics of the Caribbean. This review concerns this breed.
These Barbados Blackbelly sheep are in the process of shedding of their short but insulative winter coat. The breed was worth saving for its many practical advantages, especially for part-time growers with limited time for chores.
Some people accept the idea that the origin of Barbados Blackbelly sheep was West African. How-ever, Weslie Combs, author of “A History of the Barbados Blackbelly,” finds compelling historical evidence that the Barbados Blackbelly as a breed originated and evolved on the island of Barbados.
The Barbados Blackbelly sheep breed is native to Barbados, one of the Caribbean Islands. The breed is a direct descendant of West African sheep introduced to the island during the age of the African slave trade.
HISTORY. The Barbados Blackbelly sheep breed was a breed that was developed on the Island of Barbados in the Caribbean. They are a result of the cross breeding of various European wool sheep breeds and African hair sheep breeds that were brought to the Island around the mid-sixteen-hundreds.
In Barbados, the island where the Barbados Blackbelly evolved, probably from sheep brought over on slave ships, the breed is truly a “national treasure.” No other breed of sheep is raised on this tiny island which is the eastern most in the Caribbean chain.
