Santa Inês sheep

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The Santa Inês is a breed of sheep from Brazil. As woolless hair sheep, the breed is primarily raised for meat,{{citation |url=http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/santaines/ |title=Santa Inês |work=ansi.okstate.edu |date=29 July 2021 |publisher=Oklahoma State University }} and is one of the largest and most productive hair sheep breeds common to Brazil.{{citation |title=Performance of three tropical hair sheep breeds. |author1=Rajab MH |author2=Cartwright TC |author3=Dahm PF |author4=Figueiredo EA. |year=1992 |journal=Journal of Animal Science |pmid=1459896 |volume=70 |issue=11 |pages=3351–9 |doi=10.2527/1992.70113351x|s2cid=6934867 |url=http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/132369/1/CNPC-1992-Performance.pdf }} It is thought to have derived from crosses of the Morada Nova, Bergamasca, Somali sheep and native coarse-wooled sheep.{{Cite web|url=http://www.arcoovinos.com.br/index.php/mn-srgo/mn-padroesraciais/40-santa-ines|title=15. Santa Inês}}

{{citation |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/x6517e/X6517E00.htm |title=Prolific Tropical Sheep |author=IL Mason |work=FAO Animal Production and Health Paper 17 |publisher=FAO |year=1980 |isbn=92-5-100845-0 }}{{citation |url=http://www.sheep101.info/breedsS.html |title=Sheep Breeds S - St |work=sheep101.info }} Santa Inêz are well-adapted for tropical climates, such as with higher parasite resistance than other meat sheep breeds.{{citation |title=Resistance of Santa Ines, Suffolk and Ile de France sheep to naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematode infections. |journal=Veterinary Parasitology |year=2004 |pmid=15019147 |doi=10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.12.004 |volume=120 |issue=1–2 |pages=91–106|last1=Amarante |first1=A.F.T. |last2=Bricarello |first2=P.A. |last3=Rocha |first3=R.A. |last4=Gennari |first4=S.M. }}