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Merino
which makes shearing more difficult. They have 1 outstandingly important feature from the low-input orchard sheep point of view they are the smallest commercial breed available.
Merino are wool sheep, grown almost totally for their ultra-fine wool. Merinos possibly derive from North Africa, and are adapted to hot dry regions. They have been regarded as poorly adapted to more damp areas. They have folded skin,
It may be that feral merinos, especially those from more humid areas, may have many of the attributes of small size and easy care that the low input orchardist is looking for. As always, the wool trait can be bred out via shedding breeds.
A retrospective study is presented here in which an outbreak of dermatophilosis and morbidity of fleece rot in a sheep herd grazing throughout the year in the Carmel hills are described for the first time in a Mediterranean climatic zone. Both diseases were closely related to intense and prolonged
rains during the winter months of 1991/1992. Morbidity of dermatophilosis appeared after 650 mm and that of fleece rot after 1320 mm of precipitation.
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