Muzaffarnagari
The largest sheep breed of northern India and one of its most prolific, kept primarily for mutton in the western UP plains.
Muzaffarnagari
Physical Characteristics
- Colour: white, occasionally with black or brown spots
- Large frame — 35 kg (female), 45 kg (male)
- Long, drooping ears; a long tail reaching below the hocks
- Both sexes polled; coarse, hairy fleece
Benefits for Farmers
Largest body size among north Indian sheep — high mutton output
Good twinning rate raises the annual lamb crop
Performs well under stall feeding on crop residue
Steady demand and premium prices in the Delhi–NCR meat market
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Breed Profile
- Species
- Sheep
- Utility
- Mutton
- Home Tract
- Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Saharanpur, Meerut and Bulandshahr
- Found In
- Uttar Pradesh
- Yield
- Mutton-focused; wool ~1 kg per year (coarse)
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