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breed">Suffolk</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:7_month_old_Suffolk_Ram_Lamb.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/7_month_old_Suffolk_Ram_Lamb.JPG/220px-7_month_old_Suffolk_Ram_Lamb.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/7_month_old_Suffolk_Ram_Lamb.JPG/330px-7_month_old_Suffolk_Ram_Lamb.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/7_month_old_Suffolk_Ram_Lamb.JPG/440px-7_month_old_Suffolk_Ram_Lamb.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A seven-month-old ram lamb</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conservation status</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/FAO" class="mw-redirect" title="FAO">FAO</a> (2007): not at risk<sup id="cite_ref-barb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 148">: 148 </span></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/DAD-IS" title="DAD-IS">DAD-IS</a> (2022): not at risk<sup id="cite_ref-dad_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distribution</th><td class="infobox-data">world-wide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Standard</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160329133754/http://www.suffolksheep.org/breed/breed-points/">Suffolk Sheep Society</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Use</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>meat</li><li><a href="/wiki/Cross-breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-breeding">cross-breeding</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#D3D3A4;">Traits</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Male: <div style="float: right;">125 kg<sup id="cite_ref-dad_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></li><li><div style="clear:both;">Female: <div style="float: right;">88 kg<sup id="cite_ref-dad_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Male: <div style="float: right;">80 cm<sup id="cite_ref-dad_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></li><li><div style="clear:both;">Female: <div style="float: right;">74 cm<sup id="cite_ref-dad_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Skin colour</th><td class="infobox-data">unpigmented<sup id="cite_ref-sss_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sss-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Wool colour</th><td class="infobox-data">white</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Face colour</th><td class="infobox-data">black<sup id="cite_ref-sss_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sss-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Horn status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Polled_livestock" title="Polled livestock">polled</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#D3D3A4;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="vernacular"><a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">Sheep</a></span></li><li><i><span class="trinominal">Ovis aries</span></i></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Suffolk</b> is a British <a href="/wiki/List_of_sheep_breeds" title="List of sheep breeds">breed</a> of <a href="/wiki/Domestic_sheep" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic sheep">domestic sheep</a>. It originated in the late eighteenth century in the area of <a href="/wiki/Bury_St._Edmunds" class="mw-redirect" title="Bury St. Edmunds">Bury St. Edmunds</a> in <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>, as a result of <a href="/wiki/Cross-breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-breeding">cross-breeding</a> when <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Horn" title="Norfolk Horn">Norfolk Horn</a> ewes were put to improved <a href="/wiki/Southdown_(sheep)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southdown (sheep)">Southdown</a> rams. It is a <a href="/wiki/Polled_(livestock)" class="mw-redirect" title="Polled (livestock)">polled</a>, black-faced breed, and is raised primarily for its <a href="/wiki/Lamb_and_mutton" title="Lamb and mutton">meat</a>. It has been exported to many countries, and is among the most numerous breeds of sheep worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-cabi_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 923">: 923 </span></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suffolk_sheep&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moutons_Suffolk.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Moutons_Suffolk.JPG/220px-Moutons_Suffolk.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Moutons_Suffolk.JPG/330px-Moutons_Suffolk.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Moutons_Suffolk.JPG/440px-Moutons_Suffolk.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>At an agricultural show</figcaption></figure> <p>The Suffolk originated in the area surrounding <a href="/wiki/Bury_St._Edmunds" class="mw-redirect" title="Bury St. Edmunds">Bury St. Edmunds</a> in <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> in the late eighteenth century, as a result of <a href="/wiki/Cross-breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-breeding">cross-breeding</a> when <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Horn" title="Norfolk Horn">Norfolk Horn</a> ewes were put to improved <a href="/wiki/Southdown_(sheep)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southdown (sheep)">Southdown</a> rams.<sup id="cite_ref-cabi_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 923">: 923 </span></sup> They were at first known as Blackfaces or Southdown-Norfolks;<sup id="cite_ref-sss2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sss2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first use of the name "Suffolk" for these sheep dates to 1797. In 1810 it was recognised as distinct breed, but was not known by the present name until 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-cabi_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 923">: 923 </span></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Breed_society" class="mw-redirect" title="Breed society">breed society</a>, the English Suffolk Society, was formed in 1886; a <a href="/wiki/Flock-book" class="mw-redirect" title="Flock-book">flock-book</a> published in the following year recorded some <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004150000000000000♠"></span>15<span style="margin-left:.25em;">000</span></span> ewes.<sup id="cite_ref-cabi_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 923">: 923 </span></sup> By the end of the nineteenth century the Suffolk had displaced the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Down" title="Oxford Down">Oxford Down</a> as the principal <a href="/w/index.php?title=Terminal_sire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terminal sire (page does not exist)">terminal sire</a> used on <a href="/wiki/Cross-bred" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-bred">cross-bred</a> ewes in Scotland. By the 1980s breed numbers in the United Kingdom had risen to some <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7005500000000000000♠"></span>500<span style="margin-left:.25em;">000</span></span> head, but later fell;<sup id="cite_ref-cabi_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 923">: 923 </span></sup> in 2020 a total population of <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004142660000000000♠"></span>14<span style="margin-left:.25em;">266</span></span> was reported.<sup id="cite_ref-dad_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Suffolk has been exported to many countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, the Netherlands, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and the United States, and has become one of the most numerous sheep breeds in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-cabi_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 923">: 923 </span></sup> It was introduced to the United States in 1888 by one G.B. Streeter of <a href="/wiki/Chazy,_New_York" title="Chazy, New York">Chazy, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ussa_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ussa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large and long-legged sub-type has developed there; it is fast-growing, but the <a href="/wiki/Carcase_(meat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carcase (meat)">carcase</a> is of lower quality.<sup id="cite_ref-cabi_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 923">: 923 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suffolk_sheep&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Suffolk is a large sheep, white-woolled and <a href="/wiki/Polled_(livestock)" class="mw-redirect" title="Polled (livestock)">polled</a>, with a black face and black legs free of wool.<sup id="cite_ref-cabi_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 923">: 923 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Spider_lamb_syndrome" title="Spider lamb syndrome">Spider lamb syndrome</a> may occur in the Suffolk breed.<sup id="cite_ref-merck_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merck-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use">Use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suffolk_sheep&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Suffolk rams are commonly used as a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Terminal_sire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terminal sire (page does not exist)">terminal sire</a> on <a href="/wiki/Mule_(sheep)" title="Mule (sheep)">cross-bred ewes</a> to produce fast-growing lambs for slaughter.<sup id="cite_ref-ccwgl_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccwgl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suffolk_sheep&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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Pilling (eds.) (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf">List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources</a>, annex to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/a1250e.pdf"><i>The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture</i></a>. 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