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Dr. Beverly McClintock DVM
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Welcome to M.A.B Katahdin Sheep website! Please read on to learn more about Katahdin sheep and how to purchase them from us.
Katahdin Sheep are hardy, adaptable, low maintenance sheep that produce superior lambs and lean savory tasting meat They were developed in the late 1950's by Michael Piel of Maine.
Piel wanted to up the production of meat and felt that elimination of wool should be a major factor for selection. He began doing this by combining the hardy ‘African Hair Sheep’ he had imported from the St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to wooled breeds. He began to experiment with crosses between the hair sheep and various British breeds and the Virgin Island breed. After almost 20 years of crossing the hybrids, in the early and mid 1970's Piel finally felt he had got close to a "meat sheep that did not require shearing" he called them Katahdins, named after Mt.Katahdin in Maine.
Studies of internal parasite tolerance in Arkansas indicate that Katahdin sheep possess a significantly higher degree of parasite resistance than wooled sheep, and heat tolerance trials demonstrated a similar relationship. Other traits being studied at research institutions include out-of-season breeding, prolificacy and fertility factors, carcass quality and meat flavor, and growth performance.
We will have lambs available for sale right now. Please call us for more information at 1-870-429-5299 or go to our Contact Us page for how to write or fax us.
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