Spælsau
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The Spælsau is a Norwegian breed or breed grouping of domestic sheep in the Northern European short-tailed group of traditional breeds of sheep.
The sheep derive from the Gamalnorsk sau or Old Norwegian Sheep. Two breeds or types are reported: an old type, the Gamalnorsk spælsau ('old Norwegian short-tailed sheep') and the modern Kvit spælsau ('white short-tailed sheep').[2][3]
History
[edit]A herd-book for the old type was started in 1947.[4]: 364 [5]: 919
Characteristics
[edit]For the old type, average body weights are 63 kg for ewes and 90 kg for rams.[2]
Use
[edit]Both the old and the modern type of Spælsau may be kept for meat, milk, hides and wool;[6]: 1279 they may also be used in conservation grazing.[2][3]
References
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- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d Breed data sheet: Gammelnorsk spaelsau / Norway (Sheep). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2026.
- ^ a b c Breed data sheet: Kvit spaelsau / Norway (Sheep). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2026.
- ^ Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2020). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties (sixth edition). Wallingford; Boston: CABI. ISBN 9781789241532.
- ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- ^ Ó.R. Dýrmundsson, R. Niżnikowski (2010). North European Short-Tailed Breeds of Sheep: A Review. Animal. 4 (8): 1275–1282. doi:10.1017/S175173110999156X.