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Rams have horns but ewes are generally polled. |
Amasys Herik, Herki, Harrick, Herrik, Hurluck, Turkey |
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Unspecified |
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Absent in sheep from eastern Sudan but males from the west are usually horned and about 5 percent of females in west are also horned. The horns are spiral in shape. |
Arab, Ashgur, Shugor, Butana, Beja, Drashiani, Dubasi, Gash, Kababish, Watish, Baqqara, Barka (Shukria), Hamale., Sudan |
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Males have curved (47%) and straight (41%) horns mainly pointing backwards (58%) with some pointed straight upwards (28%). Polled goats were 6% in both sexes. |
Arsis, Gishe, Sidama, Manta, Awarch, Ethiopia |
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Small, usually crescent-shaped |
Arusi, Ethiopia |
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Short and thin, arched above head and sometimes floating, light with dark extremities. |
Atacora , Benin |
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Female |
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Polled or have rudimentary horns. |
Baladi, United Kingdom |
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Male |
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Long horns |
Baladi, United Kingdom |
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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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May be present or absent in both sexes and may be short to moderately long . |
Bantu, Matabeleland., Zimbabwe |
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They appear flattened in cross-section and are directed back wards with little lateral tendency. |
Bantu, Matabeleland., Zimbabwe |
On Farm |
