Best Sheep Breeds of India
My dear friends here the discussion is about important sheep (Ovis aries) breeds of India. Here we cover best 34 Indian sheep breeds. By the way for your knowledge NBAGR (ICAR) declared 44 registered sheep breeds present in India (latest information of 2018 census), before of that 43 breeds are in India that mean 1 new breeds are added by NBAGR. And of course you have to know sheep population in India is 74.3 million (almost 7.4crore). Rest of the breeds which are not included here are kenguri, kilakarsal, ramnad, tiruchi black, vembur, katchaikatty black, chevaadu, kendrapara, panchali and kajali.
Jammu & Kashmir :
1) Gurez : Utility Carpet wool.
2) Poonchi : Carpet wool.
3) Bhakarwal : Carpet wool.
4) Changthangi : Carpet wool.
5) Karna : Carpet wool.
Himachal Pradesh :
6) Gaddi : Carpet wool.
7) Rampur Bushair : Carpet wool.
Uttar Pradesh :
8) Jalauni : Meat & carpet wool.
9) Muzaffarnagri : Meat & Carpet wool.
Rajasthan :
10) Chokla : Utility Carpet wool.
11) Magra : Carpet wool.
12) Malpura : Meat & carpet wool.
13) Sonadi : Meat & carpet wool.
14) Jaisalmeri : Meat & carpet wool.
15) Pugal : Meat & carpet wool.
16) Nali : Utility Carpet wool.
Gujrat :
17) Marwari : Meat & carpet wool.
18) Patanwali : Carpet wool.
Maharastra :
19) Chotta Nagpuri : Meat & carpet wool.
20) Deccani : Utility Meat only.
Orissa :
21) Balangir : Meat & carpet wool.
22) Ganjam : Meat & carpet wool.
West Bengal :
23) Garole : Meat & Carpet wool.
Sikkim :
24) Bonpala : Meat & carpet wool.
25) Tibetan : Meat & carpet wool.
Bihar :
26) Shahabadi : Meat & carpet wool.
Andhra Pradesh :
27) Nellore : Utility Meat only.
Karnataka :
28) Mandya or Bannur : Meat.
29) Hassan : Meat.
30) Bellary : Meat & carpet wool.
Tamil Nadu :
31) Madras Red : Meat & carpet wool.
32) Mecheri : Meat.
33) Coimbatore : Meat & carpet wool.
34) Nilgiri : Meat & carpet wool.
