American Blackbelly

American Blackbelly
Country of origin	United States
Distribution	Texas
Standard	International Barbados Blackbelly Sheep Association
Use	trophy hunting
Traits
Horn status	rams horned, ewes polled (hornless)
	Sheep; Ovis aries;

The American Blackbelly is a modern American breed of sheep.^[1]^: 753

It was developed in Texas by crossing Barbados Black Belly sheep with Rambouillet sheep and mouflon. This produced a horned animal with a heavier carcase and increased muscle mass compared to the original black-bellied breed.

American Blackbellies are mainly used for trophy hunting.^[2]

References

^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
^ de Almeida, André M. (2017). "Barbados Blackbelly: the Caribbean ovine genetic resource". Tropical Animal Health and Production. 50 (2): 239–250. doi:10.1007/s11250-017-1475-5. PMID 29185138. S2CID 11683216 – via Springer Link.

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[cabi-1] Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.

[2] Almeida, André M. (2017). "Barbados Blackbelly: the Caribbean ovine genetic resource". Tropical Animal Health and Production. 50 (2): 239–250. doi:10.1007/s11250-017-1475-5. PMID 29185138. S2CID 11683216 – via Springer Link.

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