Ovis
Fauna

Pag Island Sheep

General information:

International breed name: Pag Island
Local breed name: Paska Ovca
Breed status: acknowledged
Group of similar breeds: Main group Mountain group; Subgroup Zackel group
Main location: Pag Island
Breed society:
Cattle Breeding and Management
Dept. Fac. of Agric.,University of Zagreb
Svetosimunska 25, HR-41000 Zagreb, Croatia

Fax: +385-1-2393901, Email: posavi@rudjer.irb.hr

Origin and development:

Population numbers:

Year	No. of males in natural service	Add. no. of males used for AI	No. of breeding females	No. of females in herdbook	Trend in no. of breeding females	Females mated pure (%)	No. of herds (breeders)	Trend in no. of herds	Frozen material for commercial use and conservation purposes
Year	No. of males in natural service	Add. no. of males used for AI	No. of breeding females	No. of females in herdbook	Trend in no. of breeding females	Females mated pure (%)	No. of herds (breeders)	Trend in no. of herds	Semen, no. of represented males	Embryos, no. of represented sires/dams
1986	miss	miss	10,000	4,000	stable	70	<10	miss	miss	miss/miss

External characteristics:

Coat colour: Unicoloured - white
Skin colour: lightly pigmented
Typical number of horns (males, females): 0, 0
Usual hair and/or wool classification: medium/crossbred wool
Adult animals (males/females): Withers height: 53 / 50 cm; Live weight: 35 / 30 kg

Additional characteristics:

Main use: (1) milk, (2) meat, (3) wool
Special abilities/adaptations: Pag cheese; high heat tolerance; karst region with poor vegetation; lack of water supply

Typical management conditions:

Performance comparison:

Relative performances compared in country with standard breed Merino is:

equal in: % fat, % protein, lambing interval, wool or fiber thickness
lower in: muscularity, carcass leanness, length of mating season
much lower in: milk yield, daily gain, litter size, age at sexual maturity, wool or fiber yield

Conservation activities:

Conservation of breed by reproducing herds or animals: Activities do not exist.

Status and cause of endangerment:

Effective population size (N_e calculated by method 1/2): 360
Rate of inbreeding per generation (derived from N_e): 0.14%
Status of endangerment: Breed is a composite of foreign breeds or was imported, so status of endangerment was not defined!
Calculated number of females (NFN): 3,500

Photographs:

Unfortunately no pictures are available for this breed [at EEAP]! (some guidance for providing EAAP-AGDB with pictures)

Last modification on breed record: 09/22/1998

Source:

Text: EEAP - Animal Genetic Data Bank of the European Association for Animal Production - Breed: Pag Island
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