North Karelian sheep

Russian Viena sheep, (04)

North Karelian sheep The Russian Viena sheep are kept for domestic needs in small flocks in Western Russia. It is a short tailed breed, grey in colour with variable patterns, black-grey patterns like reverse badger face and white-grey piebald. Both rams and ewes can be horned or polled. The population is fragmented into isolated population and information is scarce as no records are kept. The size of the population is not known.

Local name: Viena
References: Juha Kantanen
Agrifood Research Finland MTT, FIN-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.
Photographs: Agrifood Research Finland MTT, FIN-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.


Origin and diversity of North European sheep breeds

	Russian Viena sheep, (04) The Russian Viena sheep are kept for domestic needs in small flocks in Western Russia. It is a short tailed breed, grey in colour with variable patterns, black-grey patterns like reverse badger face and white-grey piebald. Both rams and ewes can be horned or polled. The population is fragmented into isolated population and information is scarce as no records are kept. The size of the population is not known. Local name: Viena References: Juha Kantanen Agrifood Research Finland MTT, FIN-31600 Jokioinen, Finland. Photographs: Agrifood Research Finland MTT, FIN-31600 Jokioinen, Finland.	List of North European sheep breeds: Ålands sheep Cheviot sheep Dala sheep Dala fur sheep Danish landrace sheep Estonian Ruhnu sheep Faeroe sheep Fine wool sheep Finnish Grey landrace Finnsheep Forest sheep Fuglestad sheep Gotland sheep Greenland sheep Grey Troender sheep Gute sheep Icelandic leader sheep Icelandic sheep Latvian darkheaded sheep Lithuanian coarse wool sheep Norwegian feral sheep Norwegian Old Spael sheep Norwegian Spael sheep Romanov sheep Roslags sheep Russian Viena sheep Rya sheep Rygja sheep Steigar sheep Texel sheep White faced Marsh

Created by ThEP and EE Edited by Emma Eythorsdottir for the North SheD group. Agricultural Research Institute of Iceland.