DATA BANK FOR ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES: DESCRIPTOR LISTS SHEEP DESCRIPTORS

MASTER RECORD

1.	Breed name [Use name in Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds. Types and Varieties. if the breed is given in the dictionary.]
2.	Breed name synonyms
3.	Strains (or within-breed types)
4.	Use
	4.1	Fibre
	4.2	Meat
	4.3	Milk
	4.4	Skins
	4.5	Fur (lambskins)
	4.6	Transport
	4.7	Manure
	4.8	Other (specify)
5.	General information and breed description
	5.1	Country and population data
		5.1.1	[country name 1] Give date of census or estimate]
			5.1.1.1	population size	[Categories 5.1.1.2 to 5.1.1.4 are for indicating by "Y" the type of population data.]
			5.1.1.2	census data
			5.1.1.3	estimated value
			5.1.1.4	unspecified
			5.1.1.5	annual population trend +%;-%; unknown
			5.1.1.6	flock sizes
					government farms
						mean
						range
						% of total population
						distribution	%
						1-10 animals
						11-50
						51-100
						101-200
						>200
					commercial flocks
						mean
						range
						% of total population
						distribution	%
						1-10 animals
						11-50
						51-100
						101-200
						>200
					village flocks
						mean
						range
						% of total population
						distribution	%
						1-10 animals
						11-50
						51-100
						101-200
						>200
					communally owned flocks
						mean
						range
						% of total population
						distribution	%
						1-10 animals
						11-50
						51-100
						101-200
						>200
			5.1.1.7	Management of non-government flocks
					stationary	[Give % of population on each type of management]
					transhumant	[Give % of population on each type of management]
					nomadic
			5.1.1.8	Grazing method of non-government flocks
					extensive (shepherded flocks)
					extensive (fenced) [Give % on each type]
					zero (cut and carry)
					intensive (combined with cropping)
			5.1.1.9	Housing of non-government sheep [Give % of each type, and months of housing]
					no housing
					penned at night without shelter
					housed only at night
					housed at night and part of day
					housed day and night
			5.1.1.10	Percentage of sheep run together with goats
			5.1.1.11	Nutrition
					native pastures [Give % of sheep on each]
					improved pastures
					supplementary feeding (state type)
			5.1.1.12	Number of shearings per year
					government flocks
					commercial flocks
					village flocks
			5.1.1.13	Mating methods in non-government flocks [Give % of sheep on each category.]
					rams continually with ewes - uncontrolled
						mating
					rams continually with ewes but mating
						prevented except at specified times
					rams separated from ewes except at
						specified times
					hand mating
					AI
					AI followed by natural or hand mating
					other (specify)
			5.1.1.14	Number of mating periods per year
			5.1.1.15	origin of breed
					indigenous
					exotic
		5.1.2	[country name 2]
				. . . . .
		5.1.n	[country name n]
	5.2	Colour [Fill in fixed format fields, or write description in the free format description field, or do both.]
		5.2.1	colour 1 [name]
				% of surface area [range of values permissible]
					males
					females
					sexes not separated
		5.2.2	colour 2
				% of surface area
					males
					females
					sexes not separated
		5.2.3	colour 3
				% of surface area
					males
					females
					sexes not separated
		5.2.4	presence or absence of pigment
			5.2.4.1	% of flock without any pigment
			5.2.4.2	% with pigmented points
			5.2.4.3	% with pigment in body area
		5.2.5	distinctive colour markings [free format field]
	5.3	Head
		5.3.1	profile	[% in each category]
			5.3.1.1	straight
					males
					females
			5.3.1.2	slightly convex
					males
					females
			5.3.1.3	markedly convex (Roman nose)
					males
					females
	5.4	Ears
		5.4.1	erect (prick ears)
		5.4.2	pendulous
		5.4.3	semi-pendulous
		5.4.4	carried horizontally
		5.4.5	absent [Give % of earless animals]
	5.5	Wattles	[% in each category]
		5.5.1	sometimes present
				males
				females
		5.5.2	always present
				males
				females
	5.6	Horns [For 5.6.1 to 5.6.4 give % of sheep in each category]
		5.6.1	number
				males	[indicate absence by 0]
				females
		5.6.2	shape
			5.6.2.1	scurs
					males
					females
			5.6.2.2	straight (approximately)
					males
					females
			5.6.2.3	curved
					males
					females
			5.6.2.4	spiral
					males
					females
			5.6.2.5	corkscrew
					males
					females
		5.6.3	orientation
			5.6.3.1	lateral
					males
					females
			5.6.3.2	obliquely upward
					males
					females
			5.6.3.3	backwards
					males
					females
		5.6.4	size
			5.6.4.1	small (<15 cm)
					males
					females
			5.6.4.2	medium (15-25 cm)
					males
					females
			5.6.4.3	large (>25 cm)
					males
					females
	5.7	Coat
		5.7.1	type
			5.7.1.1	hair (no usable wool)
			5.7.1.2	wool
					no medullated fibres
					<20% of medullated fibres
					20-40% of medullated fibres
					>40% of medullated fibres
		5.7.2	length (12-month fleece)
			5.7.2.1	short (<5 cm)
			5.7.2.2	medium (5 to =<10 cm)
			5.7.2.3	long (=>10 cm)
		5.7.3	lustre
			5.7.3.1	lustrous
			5.7.3.2	non-lustrous
		5.7.4	crimp/curl
			5.7.4.1	straight
					adult coat
					lamb coat
			5.7.4.2	low crimp frequency (< 4/cm)
					adult coat
					lamb coat
			5.7.4.3	high crimp frequency (> 4/cm)
					adult coat
					lamb coat
		5.7.5	fineness (overall average fibre diameter)
			5.7.5.1	fine (< 21 micrometres)
			5.7.5.2	medium (22-26 micrometres)
			5.7.5.3	coarse (> 26 micrometres)
		5.7.6	wool cover [Give % of sheep in each category]
			5.7.6.1	head
					covered
					bare
			5.7.6.2	face
					covered
					partly covered (to level of eyes)
					bare
			5.7.6.3	belly
					covered
					bare
			5.7.6.4	legs
					covered to hocks
					covered to below hocks
					bare
	5.8	Beard
		5.8.1	present
				males [Give % in each category]
				females
	5.9	Tail
		5.9.1	type
			5.9.1.1	thin (wool covered)
					males
					females
			5.9.1.2	thin (bare; rat tail)
					males
					females
			5.9.1.3	fat rump with short appendage
					males
					females
			5.9.1.4	fat rump without short appendage
					males
					females
			5.9.1.5	semi-fat (thick at base)
					males
					females
			5.9.1.6	fat
					males
					females
		5.9.2	shape of fat tail
			5.9.2.1	cylindrical and straight
					males
					females
			5.9.2.2	cylindrical, turned up at end
					males
					females
			5.9.2.3	bi-lobed, no appendage
					males
					females
			5.9.2.5	broad, without lobes
					males
					females
		5.9.3	length (undocked)
			5.9.4.1	short (well above hocks)
					males
					females
			5.9.4.2	medium (at or near hocks)
					males
					females
			5.9.4.3	long (well below hocks)
					males
					females
	5.10	Ruff on brisket and shoulder
		5.10.1	present [Give % in each category]
				males
				females
	5.11	Basic temperament
			males
				docile
				moderately tractable
				wild
			females
				docile
				moderately tractable
				wild
	5.12	Conservation status
		5.12.1	endangered
		5.12.2	vulnerable
		5.12.3	rare
		5.12.4	indeterminate
		5.12.5	out of danger
		5.12.6	insufficiently known
		5.12.7	not at risk (none of the above)
		The first six of these categories are used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Their definitions, slightly amended, are as follows.
		Endangered: Breeds in danger of extinction, and whose survival is unlikely if the causal factors continue operating.
		Vulnerable: Breeds likely to move into the Endangered category in the near future if the causal factors continue operating.
		Rare: Breeds with small populations that are not at present Endangered or Vulnerable, but are at risk.
		Indeterminate: Breeds known to be Endangered. Rare or Vulnerable, but where there is not enough information to say which of the three categories is appropriate.
		Out of Danger: Breeds formerly included in one of the above categories, but which are now considered relatively secure because effective conservation measures have been taken or the previous threat to their survival has been removed.
		Insufficiently Known: Breeds that are suspected but not definitely known to belong to any of the above categories, because of lack of information.
	5.13	Drought tolerance
			[Allocate grades 1-5; l=high]
	5.14	Heat tolerance
			[Allocate grades 1-5; l=high]
	5.15	Free format breed description field [A description of breed characters may be entered here instead of the fixed fields of sections 5.2 to 5.11. or material may be added to supplement the fixed fields. ]
6.	Master record prepared by:
	6.1	Name:
	6.2	Title: [Dr, Mr, Miss, etc.]
	6.3	Address:
	6.4	Affiliation: [Organisation, Company, Consultant, etc.]
	6.5	Date of preparation:
7.	Master record updating or editing
	7.1	First amendment by:
		7.1.1	Name:
		7.1.2	Title:
		7.1.3	Address:
		7.1.4	Affiliation:
		7.1.5	Date of amendment:
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			. . . . .
			. . . . .
		7.n	Nth amendment by:
			7.n.1	Name:
			7.n.2	Title:
			7.n.3	Address:
			7.n.4	Affiliation:
			7.n.5	Date of amendment

SLAVE RECORD

1.	Breed name of MASTER record
2.	Breed crossbred type of SLAVE record[Give exact composition if possible, e.g. 75% Dorset Horn- 2 5% Somali]
3.	Strain (or distinct within-breed type)
4.	Period of data
		year month day [e.g. 1982:05:14]
	From
	To
5.	Data form prepared by:
	5.1	Name:
	5.2	Title: [Dr, Mr, Miss, etc.]
	5.3	Address:
	5.4	Affiliation: [Organisation, Company, Consultant, etc.]
	5.5	Date of preparation:
6.	Bibliographical reference of source document [pointer to the reference stored in the bibliographical file]
7.	Data type and analysis
	7.1	Data
		7.1.1	unadjusted data
		7.1.2	data adjusted for environmental or other factors*
		7.1.3	survey data *[adjusted by the author of the original paper or document]
	7.2	Treatment of data
		7.2.1	descriptive
		7.2.2	analytical
		7.2.3	none
8.	Reliability code [Grade data subjectively on a scale of 1 to 5; l=highly reliable, 5=low reliability.]
9.	Country [in which data were recorded or experiment carried out, etc.]
	9.1	country subdivision(s) [province, county, district, etc]
10.	Terrestrial environment [See Glossary for definitions.]
	10.1	Tropical rainforest
	10.2	Tropical deciduous forest
	10.3	Tropical scrub forest
	10.4	Tropical savannah
	10.5	Desert
	10.6	Mediterranean woodland and scrub
	10.7	Middle latitude grassland
		10.7.1	highland grass
		10.7.2	moorland
		10.7.3	marshland
	10.8	Middle latitude deciduous forest
	10.9	Coniferous forest
	10.10	Tundra
	10.11	Free format terrestrial environment field [Include information on problems associated with vegetation, e.g. toxic plants]
11.	Elevation and topography
	11.1	Elevation
			mean
			range
	11.2	Topography [Free format field. The description should include the following items, when information on them is available: roughness of terrain; slope; nature of surface (rocky, sandy, stony, etc.); surface drainage (poor, seasonally wet, well drained, etc.)]
12.	Climate
	12.1	Rainfall (mm)
		12.1.1	annual precipitation
				mean
				range
		12.1.2	seasonality
			12.1.2.1	non-seasonal
			12.1.2.2	seasonal
					[input as, e.g. 05-07. meaning May to July
		12.1.3	free format rainfall data
	12.2	Temperature (degrees C)
		12.2.1	average annual temperature
				mean of several years
				range of several years
		12.2.2	av.monthly maximum temperature in year
				mean maximum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of maximum temperature
		12.2.3	av. monthly minimum temperature in year
				mean minimum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of minimum temperature
		12.2.4	free format temperature data
	12.3	Relative humidity (RH)
		12.3.1	average annual RH
				mean of several years
				range of several years
		12.3.2	maximum RH in year
				mean maximum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of maximum temperature
		12.3.3	minimum RH in year
				mean minimum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of minimum temperature
	12.3.4	free format RH data
13.	Socio-management system
	13.1	Stationary domicile
		13.1.1	extensive management
			13.1.1.1	peasant flocks
			13.1.1.2	commercial ranching
		13.1.2	village flocks (smallholdings)
		13.1.3	intensive management
			13.1.3.1	grassland-based
			13.1.3.2	arable-associated
	13.2	transhumance
	13.3	nomadism [See Glossary for definitions.]
	13.4	Free format field for socio-management system
14.	Type of farm
	14.1	Peasant agriculture
	14.2	Breeding centre
	14.3	Commercial production unit
	14.4	Experiment station
	14.5	Field experiment
	14.6	Multiplication unit
	14.7	Other (specify)
	14.8	Free format field for farm type
15.	Degree of management supervision
	15.1	Advisory services
	15.2	Resident professional supervision
	15.3	Supervision by scientific staff of investigation project
	15.4	None
16.	Mating
	16.1	Mating methods in flocks
		16.1.1	rams continually with ewes - uncontrolled mating
		16.1.2	rams continually with ewes but mating prevented except
				at specified times
		16.1.3	rams separated from ewes except
				at specified times
		16.1.4	hand mating
		16.1.5	AI
				fresh semen
				frozen semen
				fresh and frozen semen
		16.1.6	AI followed by natural or hand mating
				fresh semen
				frozen semen
				fresh and frozen semen
		16.1.7	other (specify)
	16.2	Mating ratio
		16.2.1	number of females per male in natural mating
		16.2.2	number of females per male in hand mating
		16.2.3	number of females per male in AI
	16.3	Mating period
		16.3.1	number of days males are put with females in natural mating
		16.3.2	number of mating periods per year
17.	Flock size
	17.1	Number of breeding ewes
	17.2	Number of bred hoggets
	17.3	Number of replacement females (weaning to transfer into breeding flock)
	17.4	Number of rams used for breeding
	17.5	Number of reserve rams
	17.6	Number of lambs (birth to weaning)
	17.7	Number of postweaners for meat production
	17.8	Percentage of breeding ewes that are milked annually
18.	Nutrition
	18.1	Grazing
		18.1.1	method
			18.1.1.1	zero grazed
			18.1.1.2	extensively in a shepherded flock
			18.1.1.3	fenced
			18.1.1.4	strip grazed
		18.1.2	pasture classification
			18.1.2.1	unimproved
			18.1.2.2	improved
		18.1.3	water supply of pasture
			18.1.3.1	rainfed
			18.1.3.2	irrigated
		18.1.4	dominant grass species
			18.1.4.1	species 1 [give botanical name]
					% of sward
			18.1.4.2	species 2
					% of sward
				. . . . .
				. . . . .
				. . . . .
			18.1.4.n	species n
					% of sward
			18.1.5	legume species
				18.1.5.1	species 1
						% of sward
				18.1.5.2	species 2
						% of sward