Very parasite resistant sheep in wool are Baltic, Texel and Ile de
France.There has been done an outstanding work over the last 40 years in
selection.
Ile de France with South African background is a very different breed than
the IDF developped in France over the last 25 years. IDF out of SA has hoove
as parasite problems.
Texel from Holland are very weak and barn animals, where the Dutch Texel
does not need drenching.
Keeping Blackbellies /St Croix with Texel/ Ile de France, large flock, the
hair sheep gone die over time if not drenched.
We have seen that in big numbers and I needed years to accept it, as I was
so much beliving in all the stories about how
parasite resistant the hair sheep are.
East Friesian are as well very parasite resistant and have similar meat as
the Caribbean.German lines are not coldhardy nor parasite resistant, where
Swiss and Swedish lines are top notch cold hardy and parasite resistant.
Over the last 15 years many of the new breeds have been tested here at the
ranch under solid conditions.
What ever as Texel, East Friesian or Ile de France you find today in the US,
went thru Canada.
With years of embryo import, we learned which bloodlines do well and which
don't.
For example in the White Dorper.First import useless.Second import of
embryos still not good. Than we learned where to go and for what bloodlines
to select.Everything needs time and experience.The today bloodlines in the
different new sheep,
in sheep where other countries invested millions of dollars, are different
than the first imports.
And this is the problem in my eyes.First, the exporter sends you in the
beginning the lower quality, as it has happend with the Dorper.Still today
uselss Dorper are imported, sheep as seen advertised lately on the net:if
they say they
are going to be type 5 then they probably have bad feet - short jaw and will
break in the shoulders at two years old. They will need shearing too
....look great on pictures , gone be paid in the 8000 .- $ range and
completely useless for the future.
The two problems we have is
A) on our continent no money has been invested to improve sheep, Carol is
an execption, she is fighting for a breed but no fundings from the
Government.
If Carol would live in France, she would get a 250 000.- $ a year to improve
the BB as long as she can show the results.
B)
when we import genetics, the country of origin does not like to send the
best. It needs lots of knowlegde and contact to get the
right kind of genetics.
If you for example import from Africa, go to the black people and avoid the
white. Than you know what you get
With best regards
Helmut, African Tribal Sheep BC Canada
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The Barbados as the St Croix are much less parasite resistant than many
wool
breeds. <<
Is this a typo? What wool breeds?
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