Shahabadi
The native sheep of the Shahabad region of Bihar, kept for mutton and coarse wool by smallholder and landless flocks in the Gangetic plain.
Shahabadi
Physical Characteristics
- Colour: grey with black spots over the body
- Medium body — 25 kg (female), 30 kg (male)
- Long, drooping ears with a convex nose line
- Coarse, hairy fleece; both sexes usually polled
Benefits for Farmers
Native Bihar breed — fully suited to local climate and fodder
Thrives on roadside, bund and fallow grazing at no feed cost
Good mutton demand in the local Bihar market
Highly disease resistant in humid Gangetic conditions
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Breed Profile
- Species
- Sheep
- Utility
- Mutton & Wool
- Home Tract
- Rohtas, Bhojpur, Buxar, Gaya and Patna
- Found In
- Bihar
- Yield
- Wool: ~0.5–0.8 kg per year (coarse); reared mainly for mutton
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