First, the appearance characteristics are different:
Sheep have plump bodies, thick fur and short heads. Rams often have large spiral angles, which have a deterrent effect, while ewes have no or small angles. There is a lacrimal fossa on the skull, and the nasal bone is prominent. All four hooves have toe glands. This ram is out of gas. The weight varies from 10 kg to 100 kg.
Goat's horns are thin and long, and open to both sides. When the pupil of a goat is dilated, its shape is close to a rectangle, which is determined by the optical characteristics of the vitreous body of the goat's eyes, the shape and sensitivity of the retina, and the living environment and needs of the goat. In fact, the pupils of most ungulates are almost rectangular after being enlarged.
Second, different living habits:
Habits of sheep:
1, docile and gregarious: sheep are docile, timid and slow to move. Using this feature, we can train sheep to obey orders and facilitate grazing management.
2, like dry and clean, afraid of cold and wet heat: sheep like dry, afraid of wet heat. It is hot and humid in the shed, cold and humid, or grazing in low-lying grassland, which is easy to be infected with diseases such as parasitic diseases and arthritis.
3, sensitive sense of smell, strong appetite: sheep have a developed sense of smell, and always sniff with their noses before eating grass. I don't like to eat any grass and materials mixed with soil that have peculiar smell, pollution or trampling.
4. Strong adaptability: sheep have strong adaptability to living environment conditions, and have stronger tolerance and anti-stress ability than other domestic animals under harsh conditions.
Goat's habits:
First, active: goats are brave and lively, agile and witty, like climbing mountains, good at swimming, belong to lively small ruminants and love to fight.
Second, foraging goats have strong foraging ability, miscellaneous eating habits, can eat hundreds of grasses, and can feed on various grasses, shrub branches and leaves, crop straws, vegetable leaves, peels, vines and agricultural and sideline products. And it eats a wider variety of plants than other domestic animals.
Third, fertility: goats have early sexual maturity and strong reproductive ability, which is characterized by fertility. Most kinds of goats can produce 2 ~ 3 lambs per fetus, and the average lamb yield is above 200%, which is much higher than that of sheep. The prolificacy of goat makes its reproductive efficiency much higher than that of sheep, which creates conditions for the development of self-propagation and self-support and large-scale breeding of mutton sheep.
Third, the classification is different:
Sheep can be divided into four types according to tail types:
1, thin short-tailed sheep. The tail is thin without obvious fat deposition, and the tail is above hock joint, such as Tibetan sheep and romanov sheep.
2, slender tail sheep. The tail is thin and below the Fei Da Festival, such as Xinjiang fine-wool sheep and Lincoln sheep.
3. Fat-tailed sheep. Fat accumulates in the tail into a cushion shape with different shapes and sizes, and the tail end is above hock joint, such as small-tailed Han sheep, Mongolian sheep and Karakul sheep. A sheep with a long, fat tail below the hock joint, such as a big-tailed Han sheep.
4. Fat sheep. Fat accumulates in the buttocks in a cushion shape, with few coccygeal vertebrae and short tail, showing a "W" shape, such as Kazak sheep and Giselle sheep.
The main breeds of goats are
1, angora goat
Angora goat is an ancient cashmere goat breed and one of the cashmere goat breeds. It is native to the Turkish grassland around Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Mainly distributed in Anatolia Plateau, with dry climate, thin soil layer and sparse pasture. It is the most prolific in Angola Plateau, and the mohair produced has good luster and high value. Therefore, people gradually paid attention to it and exported it to some countries in the16th century.
2. Cangshan Black Sheep
Cangshan black goat, the full name of Cangshan black goat, has fine muscle fiber, tender meat, delicious taste, low odor and high nutritional value. It is a recognized green goat breed. It is a herbivore that absorbs all kinds of traditional Chinese medicine ingredients in breeding, and its meat quality has the value of medicinal Cangshan black goat.
3. Boer goat
Boer goat originated in South Africa and is a very famous goat breed with meat as its main product in the world. At present, it is mainly distributed in Germany, the United States, New Zealand and other places. Boer goats can be divided into five types: ordinary type, long hair type, hornless type, primary type and improved type.
Fourth, the distribution range is different:
It is generally believed that sheep may have originated from four different wild species, namely, Movren sheep living along the Mediterranean coast, Oriental sheep, argali sheep and Man sheep distributed in Central and Southwest Asia.
Goats are distributed in arid areas such as grasslands and mountains; Mainly distributed in temperate zone. Humans are also domesticated.
Extended data:
Sheep can be divided into:
1, fine-wool sheep
Wool production is the main feeding purpose, accounting for about 10% of sheep breeds in the world. The capillary degree of the whole quilt is less than 25 microns, the count is not less than 60, and the wool length is more than 7 cm, which is an excellent raw material for making worsted textiles. Because of the different breeding objectives and local natural conditions in different countries, it can be divided into three types: wool, wool meat and wool (see Merino sheep).
2. semi-fine wool sheep
Meat production is the main feeding purpose, accounting for about 33% of sheep breeds in the world. The whole quilt has a capillary degree of 32-58 and a length of 6-35 cm, and can be used for manufacturing fine textiles, wool, coats, industrial tweed, carpets and the like.
3. Coarse wool sheep
Wool fiber is a mixture of fine wool (fluff), coarse wool, second-type wool and dead wool, which can only be used to weave carpets, so it is also called "carpet wool sheep". Mongolian sheep in China, Tibetan sheep, Scottish black-faced sheep in Britain, and many local breeds in Africa and Asia belong to it. There is a big or short fat tail or fat ass, and there is also a small tail.
4. Fur sheep
The produced fur has the characteristics of good hair spike, large skin, light skin board, beautiful finished product and firmness. Tan sheep in China is the best breed to produce fur in the world.
5. Lambskin sheep
Slaughter and peeling within 0/~ 2 days after birth, the fur is curly, beautiful and shiny. It is famous for the lambskin produced by Karakul sheep. China's Hu sheep lambskin also enjoys a high reputation in the international market.
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