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The Veterinary Teaching Farm of the University of Murcia has received a flock of sheep Montesinos will be used for teaching and research and work experience for students in this discipline.

The herd consists of fifty specimens of this race, all of them registered in the Stud Book of the race, and have been donated by the National Sheep Breeders Montesina (ACRIMON).

These animals help to create a core of that very select Farm with the mission to train students in the breeding and management of sheep meat, studies on the race, act as land-clearing within the same ecological, among others.

The breed comes from the Iberian Trunk Montesina come down from the "Ovis aires Iberian" race in danger of extinction, so it is considered one breed of special protection.

The management of this breed at the University of Murcia will be conducted by the Faculty of Animal Production Unit and the future of Ethology and Animal Protection and Management of Ethnology and Animal.

Source: Universidad de Murcia