Corriedale

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    • The Corriedale is a New Zealand

    Lincoln Longwool sheep. The breed was officially recognised in 1911. It has been exported to Australia and to many countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. In 2021 it was reported from twenty-five countries, and the total population was estimated at just over 5 million.[4]: 789 [3]

    History

    Corriedale sheep on a ranch in Charlo, Mission Valley, Montana

    The Corriedale was developed in the latter part of the nineteenth century by

    Lincoln Longwool sheep,[5] with the aim of producing sheep with grazing requirements intermediate between the lush lowlands which suited the British breeds and the sparse dry grazing preferred by the Merino.[4]
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    The first to attempt this was James Little, who had come to New Zealand from the United Kingdom in 1863, and had previously tried to cross-breed Merinos with British

    William Davidson, manager of The Levels, an estate in South Canterbury, began similar work using Lincoln rams on medium-wool Merino ewes; the resulting sheep became the foundation stock for the Corriedale breed.[6]
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    In the following decade two Australian breeders – Corbett of

    Victoria in 1882, and MacKinnon in Tasmania in 1888 – also did work with the same aim.[6]: 25  In both Australia and New Zealand there was some admixture of Romney (for better conformation) and Border Leicester (for better rate of growth). Stock from The Levels was imported to Australia from 1911.[6]
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    In New Zealand the Corriedale could from 1903 be registered as an "Inbred Half-Bred" in an appendix to the

    breed association was formed in 1910, and in 1911 the name "Corriedale" was officially recognised; the first flock-book for the breed was published in 1924.[4]: 789  In Australia a flock-book was established in 1922.[6]
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    Within a few years the Corriedale was exported a number of countries, and

    Polwarth and Corriedale are the principal sheep breeds reared on the Falkland Islands.[9]

    The Broomfield Corriedale was

    Targhee; [4]: 930  the Warhill of Arizona, USA, and the Argentinian Junin derived from it.[4]
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    Corriedale and

    polled gene in the development of the Australian Poll Dorset.[4]
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    A number of breeds have "Corriedale" or "Koridel" in the breed name, but are not directly derived from the original stock; rather, they have been developed using a similar pattern of cross-breeding. Among these are the

    Bond or Commercial Corriedale, bred in Australia from about 1909; the Canadian Corriedale; the Kazakh Corriedale, bred in Kazakhstan from the Kazakh Finewool and British longwool stock; The Armenian Koridel; the North Caucasus Mutton-Wool, derived from crosses between the Stavropol and the Lincoln Longwool; the Polish Corriedale; the Poznań Corriedale; the Soviet Mutton-Wool or Mountain Koridel; and the Tyan Shan.[4]: 789 [6]
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    Characteristics

    The Corriedale is of medium to large size; grown ewes weigh some 65–75 kg, full-grown rams 85–105 kg.

    polled, white-woolled and white-faced, with dark hooves and dark skin on the nostrils.[6]
    : 13  Ewes have good maternal qualities but are not highly prolific – the twinning rate is in the range 5%–25%.[4]: 789 

    Use

    It is a dual-purpose breed, reared both for wool and for

    mutton.[6]
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    Ewe fleeces weigh some 5–7 kg, with a staple length of 150–180 mm and a fibre diameter of 25–32 μm, equivalent to a

    knitting wools, tweeds and worsteds.[4]: 789 [6]
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    References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corriedale.
    1. ISBN 9789251057629
      . Archived 23 June 2020.
    2. ^ Breed data sheet: Corriedale / New Zealand (Sheep). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2021.
    3. ^ a b c Transboundary breed: Corriedale. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2021.
    4. ^
      ISBN 9781780647944
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    5. ^ Breed Information. Australian Corriedale Association. Archived 23 October 2009.
    6. ^
      ISBN 9781904761860
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    7. ^ Corriedale: Origin and History. New Zealand Sheepbreeders' Association. Archived 8 March 2009.
    8. ISBN 9780408106337
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    9. ^ [s.n.] (2012). Agriculture. Falkland Islands Government. Archived 15 December 2013.


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