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Learn about the West African Dwarf or Djallonké, the dominant breed of sheep in West and Central Africa. Find out its characteristics, distribution, and related breeds such as the Cameroon or Cameroon Dwarf.
26 Αυγ 2024 · The West African Dwarf sheep is a breed of domestic sheep. It is the dominant breed of sheep from the southwest to central Africa. Currently the breed is mainly found in West Africa, and it’s range extending from Senegal to Chand, Gabon, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.
The West African Dwarf is the predominant breed of the humid tropics from southern west Africa through central Africa. Their color is generally black piebald on white. Tan piebald on white, predominately colored (tan or black) and the blackbelly pattern are also found.
Learn about the dominant sheep breed from southwest to central Africa, adapted to humid and sub-humid areas. See their characteristics, patterns, horns, and reproductive performance.
Learn about the characteristics, distribution, and adaptation of West African Dwarfs, the predominant sheep breed in sub-Saharan Africa. Find out how they are raised for meat production and how they resist trypanosome parasites.
17 Σεπ 2021 · In our phylogenetic network, sheep breeds characterized with thin tails mainly dominated haplogroup B1 e.g., OulledDjella, Sardi, D’man and all the West African and Sudan sheep breeds. This could be an indication of a common historical background.
West African dwarf sheep and goat are very prolific, possessing high frequency of kidding and ability to survive under poor management, despite their poor genetic potentials for growth and milk production (Adebambo et al., 1994).
