In the northern Shaanxi Province of China, amidst the vast expanse of the high plains, the Tong sheep stand as resilient guardians of tradition and sustainability, their adaptability and unique qualities serving as a testament to their enduring legacy in the region's agricultural tapestry.

The Tong sheep have a type of coarse wool commonly called "carpet wool." They are adapted to the unfavorable local environmental conditions of the North and Northwest Pastoral Grasslands. They have the ability to deposit fat in the tail (fat-tail sheep).

2024年11月30日 · Tong sheep, known for their superior meat quality and disease resilience, face breeding challenges due to low prolificacy, unlike Hu sheep, which exhibit higher fertility and growth rates. This study identified over 700,000 genetic variants between these breeds through pooled whole-genome sequencing.

2007年12月1日 · Tong sheep is an indigenous breed in Shaanxi Province, China. It is mainly distributed in Baishui, Dengcheng, Hancheng, and Chunhua Counties. It is famous for its delicious meat and its long-fat-tail. Its meat was regarded as “the tribute to an Emperor†in ancient China [2] . The origin of Tong sheep is uncertain.

2022年1月20日 · 中国肉毛兼用型脂尾半细毛 绵羊 地方品种。 又称同州羊。

2011年7月1日 · In the present study we studied the genetic structure of five Chinese sheep populations of Hu sheep, Tong sheep, Small-tailed Han sheep, Tan sheep, and Wadi (WD) sheep using 15 microsatelhte loci.

2011年4月19日 · China is abundant of sheep genetic resources. A total of 55 sequences containing the Ovis aries mtDNA D -loop of three large-fat-tailed sheep breeds, named Lanzhou, Tong, and Han were retrieved from GenBank to investigate their genetic diversity, origin, and phylogenetic evolution.

The Tong sheep have a type of coarse wool commonly called "carpet wool". They are adapted to the unfavourable local environmantal conditions of the North and Northwest Pastoral Grasslands. They have the ability to deposit fat in the tail (fat-tail sheep).

Tong sheep is a kind of famous fat-tailed sheep in China, which no longer meets market demands because of the large amount of fat deposition in tail. Fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene regulates fatty acid transport and fat metabolism to affect obesity and is also reported to regulate phenotypic traits in healthy animals.

2023年12月20日 · The present study aimed to evaluate the association between InDels in the JAK/STAT pathway and growth traits of four Chinese sheep breeds, including Tong sheep, Hu sheep, Small-tailed Han sheep and Lanzhou fat-tailed sheep.