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Sjenicka
Local names: Sjenica ovca / Pestersko-Sjenica / Vasojevic / Vasojevicka
/ Vlascka
Lambs meats are specific in taste and appreciate at consumers. During the
summer and fall, sheep are fed only by pasture and during the winter by hay.
Rarely farmers build stables for sheep, and they are usually kept outside and
only during winter in fenced areas.
Details:
Acceptance awaiting recognition
Area of distribution E- Bosnia & Herzegovina, W-Serbia; N-Montenegro; Sjenica, Pester
Plateau
Colour white, dark spots around eyes and nostrils, ear tips and legs
Coat tail long, hangs below hocks
Horns medium long; ewes occasionally small horns
Weight rams 60 kg; ewes: 45 kg
Height rams: 65 cm; ewes: 60 cm
Use meat sheep for the major part of the country.
Source of information Dr. Salko Muratovic, Faculty of Agriculture, Livestock Sector, Sarajevo
Stolacka, Podveleshka
Adapted to high mountains. Well adopted to harsh climatic conditions
and poor pastures. During the summer and fall, sheep are fed only by
pasture and during the winter by hay. Rarely farmers build stables for
sheep, and they are usually kept outside and only during winter in
fenced areas.
Details:
Acceptance awaiting recognition
Area of distribution SE-Bosnia-Herzegovina: Stoac, Ljubuski
Colour white body, head and legs are black ; some are entirely black
Weight rams: 40kg; ewes: 35kg
Height rams: 55cm; ewes: 55cm
Use triple purpose (milk-meat-wool)
Productivity wool: 1-2.5kg; 70-90kg milk; Fertility: 140%;
Remarks Literature: Catalogue of West Balkan Pramenka Sheep types
Source of information Dr. Salko Muratovic, Faculty of Agriculture, Livestock Sector
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