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Revision as of 13:24, 16 November 2009
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The basco-béarnaise is a French breed of domestic sheep from the Basque country.
Origins
It derives from a family of sheep breeds from the Pyrénées with falling wool. It arose in the béarnaise part of the Pyrénées. It has long been flocked across the Girondine plain to the Pyrénéan mountain pastures.
Morphology
Its wool is long, white and hanging. Its horns form a spiral around the ear. Its head and paws are coloured reddish-yellow. Ewes are 75 cm long and weigh 55 kg and rams are 90 cm long and weigh 80 kg.
Aptitude
It is a dairy breed, which issued from the AOC Ossau-Iraty, derived from the ewes of the Pyrénées. A ewe of this breed produces 120 litres over 130 days of lactation, producing a milk rich in matière grasse (7,42 %) and in proteins (5,39 %).
It is a rural breed, which lambs in spring and produces milk in the estive, passing on the richness of the Pyrénéean flora through its milk.
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