Download or read book Hair Sheep Of Western Africa And The Americas written by H. A. Fitzhugh and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps less than 10 percent of the world's sheep have hair coats instead of wool fleeces, but as an animal resource, these sheep are important far out of proportion to their numbers. Hair coats provide an advantage in the face of the heat, humidity, and other stresses of the tropics. Small in body size, early to mature, and often highly prolific,