The Latvian Black-headed Sheep or dark-headed sheep is a breed of domestic sheep found throughout Latvia.[1] The breed originated between 1927 and 1937 by importing Oxford Down and Shropshires sheep from England and crossing them with indigenous coarse-wooled sheep.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rudloff, Klaus (June 2011). "Ovis orientalis f. aries "Latvian Black-headed Sheep"". BioLib. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  2. ↑ Cjuksa, L. V. (1951). "The Latvian Black-headed breed of sheep". Socialist. Zivotn. 13 (10): 49–53.


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