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Stock Photo: Beltex Heavily Muscled Domestic Sheep In Pen

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The Beltex has a white face, long body and medium white fleece. It is renowned for its double-muscled hindquarters, which makes it appear ‘wedge-shaped’ with narrow shoulders becoming wider towards the back of the sheep.History: The breed was introduced to the UK in 1989, with the Beltex Sheep Society formed soon after in 1991.Geography: Beltex sheep originated in Belgium and were developed from the Texel breed. The name is an abbreviation of Belgian Texel.Breed attributes: The breed is best known for its extreme conformation. It is a lowland, terminal sire breed used to produce lambs with increased meat yield.Commercial desirability: The Beltex Sheep Society promotes the breed as having the ability to add conformation to British and halfbred continental sheep.

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