Coopworth
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The Coopworth is a modern New Zealand breed of sheep. It was developed by researchers at Lincoln College in the Canterbury region of the South Island between about 1956 and 1968, the result of cross-breeding of New Zealand Romney ewes and Border Leicester rams.[4]: 788 [2] It has become the second-most numerous sheep breed in New Zealand, and has been exported to Australia, some European countries, and the United States.[4]: 788