SHEEP BREEDS

OF PAKISTAN
 GENERAL FEATURES
 Family: bovidae Species: Ovis aries
 Most of Pakistani breeds descended from
 Urial (Ovis vignei), wild sheep of Baluchistan,
Afghanistan & central Asia and
 Argali (Ovis ammon) Marco polo of China.
 Two Types; Thin tail & Fat tail
 Most of the breeds are coarse wool.
 Mostly sheep are raised for mutton and
 Wool production is the secondary objective.
ARGALI (Marco Polo Sheep)
Ovis ammon
BIGHORN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis)
MOUFLON (Ovis musimon)
URIAL (Ovis orientalis)
FAT TAILED SHEEP BREEDS

NA & AJK
GOJAL
Hunza valley & NA
Koh-i-Ghizar
 PAHARI
Mirpur & Muzzafarabad
NWFP
 BALKHI
Tribal & adjoining areas of NWFP
 HASHtNAGRI
Peshawar, Murdan (Hashnagar
tract)
 MICHNI
Peshawar & Kohat
TIRAHI (AFRIDI)
Banu, Kohat & Peshawar
(Afridi)
 WAZIRI
Northern Waziristan, Banu, Kohat
& Peshawar
Baluchistan
 BALOCHI
Kalat & Quetta
 BIBRIK
Sibi, Quetta, Loralai & Zhob
 HARNAI
Sibi, Quetta, Loralai & Zhob
 RAKHSHANI
Kharan, Mekran, Chaghi & Kalat
Punjab
 Salt Range (Latti)
Attock, Rawalpindi, Jhelum,
Sargohda & Mianwali
Sindh
 Dumbi
Dadu, Thatta & Karachi
 THIN TAILED SHEEP BREEDS

 NA & AJK
 Baltistani Baltistan (NA)
 Kail Neelam & Leepa valley
(AJK)
 Kali Kotli
 Poonchi Abbaspur, Aliabad, Kelar,
Kahuta & Kotli
KAIL
KALI
POONCHI
NWFP
 Damani DI Khan & Banu
 Kaghani Kaghan Valley (Abbotabad,
Mansehra, Peshawar &
Murdan)
DAMANI
KAGHANI
Sindh
 Kachhi Tharparkar, Mirpurkhas,
Sanghar & Rann of Kachh

 Kooka Nawab Shah, Naushero

Feroz, Dadu, Larkana,
Khairpur & Sukhur
KACHHI
KOOKA
Punjab
 BUCHI (BAHAWALPURI)
Bahawalpur, Bahwal Nagar & Thal desert
 CHOLISTANI
Rahimyar Khan, Bahawalpur & Bwl Nagar
 LOHI
Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Faisalabad, Jhang,
Sahiwal, Okara, Sialkot, Sargohda, Gujrat & Mandi
Bahauddin
 KAJLI
Sargohda, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin & Mianwali
 SIPLI
Bahawalpur & Bahwal Nagar
 THALLI
Thal desert, Sargohda, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Jhang &
Mianwali
PAK AWASSI
PAK KARAKUL
CHARACTERISTICS OF
SOME SHEEP BREEDS
 BUCHHI/BAHWALPURI
 White with dark brown head, ear & neck,
name of Buchhi due to its small ears.
 Body weight:

 Males is 35 Kg, Females 30 Kg,

 Wool production: 4 Kg/animal with 36-µ

fiber diameter
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 CHOLISTANI
 White with brown or black head, leaf like
ears 10-15cm long ears, Roman Nose.
 Body weight:

 Males, 44 Kg; Females, 37 Kg.

 Wool Prod: 3 Kg, 45-µ fiber diameter

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 KAJLI
 White with brown or black lower one
third of ear and a black circle around
eyes (Kajli), Roman Nose.
 Body weight:

 Males 55 Kg; Females 45 Kg,

 Wool: 3 Kg with 37-µ fiber diameter.

 Preferred as sacrifice

 animals
 LOHI
 White with brown ears & head, typical roman
nose, small ear like structure on the main ear
(Parkani)
 Body weight:

 Males, 65 Kg; Females, 50 Kg,

 AWP, 3 Kg with 39-µ fiber diameter.

 Preferred as sacrifice

animals
 SIPLI
 White with light brown or white ears,
Long thin tail
 Body weight: M, 40 Kg; Females 35Kg,

 AWP 5-6 Kg with 40.6 µ fiber diameter.

 Mainly kept for wool

purpose.
 THALI
 Body Characters:
White with brown or
black head.
 Body weight: M, 32
Kg; Females 27Kg,
 AWP 1.5Kg with 37-
µ fiber diameter
 SALT RANGE/LATTI
 White with tan brown
spotted head
 Fore head is
considerably broader.
 Body weight: Males,
36Kg; Females, 28Kg,
 AWP 1.5 Kg with 35-µ
fiber diameter.