White Dorper

Developed in South Africa from a cross of the Dorper and the Afrikaner. The coat is white; pigmented eyelids, eyelashes, hooves, area under the tail and teats are desirable, and liver spots on the head are allowed.

A hair sheep: it largely sheds its wool, so it needs no shearing. It breeds out of season and suits accelerated lambing, with a prolificacy of 1.6–1.8. It is calm, has very good maternal traits, grazes well, is hardy and tolerates drought; lambs gain weight fast.

Well-proportioned and attractive; the skull is broad, tapering slightly towards the face. The body is long, deep and well sprung, the belly round and capacious, the rump curved, long, wide and well muscled. Bone is strong, the limbs short and muscular; the high-set tail is usually docked.