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Horns are carried by 96% of all animals but 31% have only rudimentary horns. Normal horns are heavier in males than in females but in both sexes they grow in an upward and backward curve. |
Mozambique (Landim=Landrace in Portuguese); Small East African., Mozambique |
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Ewe |
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Polled. |
Unspecified-1402883423, Tunisia |
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Both male and females are polled, but some animals have small or rudimentary horns. |
Unspecified-1402883450, Turkey |
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Are medium size curving upwards and forwards or may be crescent shaped, some longhorned animals are found. |
Unspecified-1402883383, Madagascar |
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Virtually all males have horns, 82% being straight and pointed backwards, 13% curved and 5% spiral. |
Brown Goat, Ethiopia |
On Farm |
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Present or absent in both sexes: males flattened in cross-section, directed backwards with little lateral tendency; females finer and scimitar-shaped, some females have only scurs. |
Bantu, Matabeleland., Zimbabwe |
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Are polled and although some females have short horns. |
Naami, Shefali, Turkmenistan |
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Medium size, thicker in the male than the female and round in cross-section. They curved upwards, outwards and forwards and may be crescent or lyre-shaped. Some animals are hornless and are known as Bory; lose horns also occur. |
Unspecified-1402883383, Madagascar |
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Ewe |
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Hornless. |
Unspecified-1402883451, Turkey |
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Small, usually slender with no marked twist, in about 97 percent of animals. |
Galla, Ethiopia |
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