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Rams are generally horned, though approximately 5 – 10% are polled. The horns form a spiral and flare out towards the sides. |
Unspecified-1402883450, Turkey |
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Many are polled or with small jersey-like horns. |
Unspecified-1402883394, Ethiopia |
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Are usually short, light, set well apart and curve outwards, upwards and slightly inwards. |
Unspecified-1402883496, Nigeria |
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Unspecified |
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When present rather light and of medium length: simple or partially twisted backwards or divergent sweep in males; usually backward sweeping in females but some diverge. |
Sudanese Nubian, Shukria, Sciucria, Sudan |
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Polled |
Unspecified-1402883446, Turkmenistan |
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Horns are mainly curved (41% in males, 46% in females), and pointed backwards in 38% of males and upwards in 48% females. Some 13% of horns in both sexes have a lateral orientation. A high incidence of polledness was recorded in both sexes (19 in males an |
Large-White Somali, Digodi, Melebo, Boran Somali, Benadir, Gigwain, Ethiopia |
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A flat or concave profile and the horns are of medium length, thicker in the male than in the female and round in cross-section, curving upwards and forwards. Crescent- and lyre-shaped horns are known, as is the polled condition. Polled animals are known |
Unspecified-1402883383, Madagascar |
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Are short, projecting in a lateral and upward direction from the head. |
Unspecified-1402883386, Nigeria |
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Almost universal in males, slightly flattened in cross-section and deeply ribbed, spiral in classic "ram's born" shape and long; about 32 percent of females carry horns, usually light and rudimentary. |
Futake, Banamba, Fulani, Mali |
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Ewe |
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Usually absent or atrophic in ewe. |
Tunisian Barbarin, Tunisia |
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