The Damani is a thin-tail,
meat
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and
wool
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breed of sheep which is found in the Dera Ismail Khan district and part of Bannu district in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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province of
Pakistan
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Characteristics
They are small to medium with a white body coat with a black or tan head and camel colored legs. The wool yield is with coarse fiber (44 micrometres diameter). They have small ears. The udder and teats are well developed.
At maturity, rams grow to at the withers and weigh while ewes grow to at the withers and weigh . On average and at birth, rams weigh and ewes weigh . Average litter size is one. Average milk production during lactation is over about 120 days with 5.8% fat. The number of members of the Damani has decreased from over one million in 1986 to approximately 600,000 in 2006.
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References
Sheep breeds originating in Pakistan
Sheep breeds
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