The introduction of the Dorper breed into the United States has drawn the attention of several university research groups, primarily to evaluate the potential of the Dorper to increase the carcass mass and quality when crossed with other hair breeds or commercial wool breeds. Some of these projects take a detailed look at using Dorper influenced sheep in a low-input farming scheme as the primary income producer or in a multi-species grazing program.

The person in charge of each project is listed and you may contact them to receive the complete project description and results.

"Evaluating Hair Sheep in Easy-Care Lamb Production Systems"

David R. Notter
Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24060-0306
540/231-5135
drnotter@vt.edu

"Four Phase Experiment to Compare Dorper Sired Lambs with the Lambs Sired by Traditional Commercial Rams in Extensive Management and Feed Lot Environments"

Dr. Hans Nel
University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service
P.O. Box 3684
Laramie, WY 02071-3684
307/766-2364

"The Hair Sheep Influence"

W.R. Getz
Fort Valley State University
P.O. Box 4061
Fort Valley, GA. 31030-4313
912/825-6955
getz@mail.fvsu.edu

"Use of Hair Sheep to Enhance Productivity of Diversified Farming Operations"

Dr. Stephan Wildeus
Agriculture Research Station
Virginia State University
P.O. Box 9061
Petersburg, VA 22806
804/524-6718
swildeus@vsu.edu

"Selecting for Natural Parasite Resistance"
(A producer initiated grant funded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.)

Ray Cloudt
Heart Two Farm
P.O. Box 1007
Cameron, TX 76520
254/697-4400
cloudt@hot1.net

"Evaluation of Wool and Hair Sheep Breeds Under Entensive and Extensive Production Systems"

Dr. Kreg Leymaster
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
P.O. Box 166
Clay Center, NE 68933
402/762-4172
leymaster@email.marc.usda.gov