The Texel is a Dutch breed of domestic sheep originally from the island of Texel. It is a heavy and muscular sheep, and produces a lean meat carcass. It...

Texel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛsəl] ; Texels dialect: Tessel) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,643 in North Holland, Netherlands...

up Texel or texel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Texel is an island and municipality of the Netherlands. Texel may also refer to: Texel (sheep), a...

combines genetic traits from four distinct sheep breeds: Dorper, Van Rooy, Polled Dorset, and Texel. AUW sheep offer advantages such as strong stress resistance...

Texel, Dutch: Blauwe Texelaar, is a Dutch breed or strain of meat sheep. It is a colour variety of the Texel, which originates on the island of Texel...

heavily muscled domestic sheep. A portmanteau of Belgian and Texel, the name reflects the breed's origin as an offshoot of Texel sheep from The Netherlands...

Guardian. Retrieved 2008-09-07. "Scottish National Sale 2002". texel.co.uk. Texel Sheep Society. Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2008-09-07...

Cheviot, Charollais and Texel sheep. Herdwick lambs are born black and, after a year, they lighten to a dark brown colour (the sheep are called hoggs or hoggets...

recessive trait. It is also inherited as an autosomal recessive trait in Texel sheep. Other contributing factors may include maternal nutritional deficiencies...

This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently...

Britain, for example, the introduction of the Poland China pig and the Texel sheep affected populations of historic breeds, which were seen as less profitable...

Aussiedown sheep are an Australian breed of sheep that was developed in the early 1990s using Southdown and Texel genetics. The resulting progeny have...

This mule is usually crossed with a meat-type ram, such as the Suffolk or Texel, to produce these market lambs. This breeding also allows a convenient system...

Eddie and Clarrie Grundy whilst the land is rented by Ed Grundy for Texel sheep. Carol Tregorran (née Grey), played by Eleanor Bron and formerly by Anne...

Domestic sheep reproduce sexually like other mammals, and their reproductive strategy is very similar to other domestic herd animals. A flock of sheep is generally...

white-faced sheep. Dorset Downs are medium-sized, robust sheep with dark faces and short wool. Prior to the importation of Continental breeds like the Texel, the...

large flocks (1,000 + sheep per flock) of this cross. Other numerically important crosses include Finn-Dorsets and Finn-Texels. The Finnsheep is having...

sheep in the country (a count of about 10 per human). The country has the highest density of sheep per unit area in the world. For 130 years, sheep farming...

thrive if they are irrigated with salt water. The Salt Farm Texel, a farm on the island of Texel, The Netherlands, is testing the salt tolerance of crops...

T. Quinn (2002) Bioavailability of dietary copper and zinc in adult Texel sheep: A comparative study of the effects of sulfate and Bioplex supplementation...

Leicester and Eastrip Prolific sheep kept by the Alderson family. Additional individual animals were selected from Lleyn, Texel and East Friesian breeds. Subsequent...

season. Similar heritability estimates were obtained for a flock of Texel sheep. This heritability is similar to the heritability of growth rate in beef...

myostatin gene in Texel sheep creates a miR-1 and miR-206 target site. This is likely to cause the muscular phenotype of this breed of sheep. Mir-1 plays an...

and beach on Amrum De Slufter, a nature reserve on Texel Fortified coast line on Wangerooge Sheep grazing on Mandø Lighthouse on Schiermonnikoog View...

The Cambridge is a modern British breed of domestic sheep.: 774  It was bred at the University of Cambridge by John Owen and Alun Davies between about...

Wilstermarschscha marsh sheep. The breed has been further improved by cross-breeding it with other varieties, primarily the Dutch Texel starting in 1966 and...

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it is poor cropland, and has traditionally been used for grazing sheep, mostly Texels and Cheviot breeds. The land around Aultiphurst is part of the Strathy...

naturally polled, are often crossed with lowland rams such as the Suffolk, Texel or Bluefaced Leicester to breed mules, and to produce market lambs for meat...

India Company fleet of 5 ships as pilot major, and sailed from the isle of Texel to the Far East. Adams was accompanied by Rotterdam merchants (a voorcompagnie...