Awassi
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The Awassi is a breed of dairy sheep of Near-Eastern fat-tailed type. It is the most widely distributed non-European dairy breed. It is known by many names, among them Arab, Baladi, Deiri, Gezirieh, Ivesi, Shami and Syrian. It is usually white with brown head and legs.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Awassi is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to sheep milk, Arabic and sheep.
It sits within the topics Animal breeds originating in Egypt, Animal breeds originating in Syria and Sheep breeds.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Sheep breed.name
- Awassi
- Sheep breed.image
- Kuwaiti sheep.jpg
- Sheep breed.image_alt
- Awassi Sheep
- Sheep breed.image_caption
- A ram in Kuwait
- Sheep breed.country
- Middle East
- Sheep breed.distribution
- eighteen countries in Africa, Asia and Europe
- Sheep breed.use
- milk, meat, wool
- Sheep breed.maleweight
- 70 kg
- Sheep breed.femaleweight
- 68 kg
- Sheep breed.maleheight
- 50 cm
- Sheep breed.femaleheight
- 76 cm
- Sheep breed.woolcolour
- white
- Sheep breed.facecolour
- brown
- Sheep breed.note
- tolerant of extreme temperatures
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sheep
- Image
- Kuwaiti sheep.jpg
- Has use
- sheep milk
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- color
- brown
- Commons category
- Awassi sheep
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Characteristics
- Use
- Notes
- References
The Awassi is a breed of dairy sheep of Near-Eastern fat-tailed type. It is the most widely distributed non-European dairy breed. It is known by many names, among them Arab, Baladi, Deiri, Gezirieh, Ivesi, Shami and Syrian. It is usually white with brown head and legs.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Awassi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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