Breed: Teteven Sheep
Species: Sheep
Colour: Fleece: mainly whhite partly muddy-yellow
Weight: rams: 65 - 80 kg, ewes: 38 -74 kg
Country: Bulgaria
Description: The original type seemed to be more divergent. Native people claim, that in the past Teteveska sheep was pigmented with small white spots on the head and on the end of the tail/ the average weight of the original sheep was around 50kg. Verbreitung: Middle Stara Planina - the region of the town of Teteven and the villages of Ribaritza, cherni Vit, Golyam Izvor and Galata Population: 800 Risk status: cri
Morphology: Coat: open with braid structure, dominance of transitional downy fibres Head: straight profile line, large ears (mainly erect, partly drooped), face-part: not covered with fleece Horns: males: well developed horns, females: hornless
Uses: wool, milk, meat, pelts
Performance: milk yield: 65 - 75 kg, fertility: 108 - 118 %