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Texel sheep
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The Texel is a Dutch breed of domestic sheep originally from the island of Texel.[3] It is a heavy and muscular sheep, and produces a lean meat carcass. It is polled, clean-faced and clean-legged, with white face and wool. The fibre diameter of the wool averages about 32 μ, with a staple length of 8–15 cm; it is used mainly for knitting and hosiery wools.[4]: 932
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Country of origin | Netherlands |
Use | meat |
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Wool colour | white |
Face colour | white |
Horn status | polled |
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The Texel is distributed in approximately thirty-five countries in Europe, the Americas and Oceania, with estimated populations of over 5000 head in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.[5]