breed reported in geographic location Booroola Merino (Sheep) Booroola Merino, Australia (Sheep) https://www.fao.org/dad-is strain of medium-wooled Non-Peppin (MNP) Australian Merino carrying gene for prolificacy, selected (on females only) by Seears brothers at Booroola, Cooma, NSW since 1945 and by CSIRO (on males and females) since 1958, this strain is distinguished from normal MNP bloodlines by its exceptional prolificacy and certain related aspects of reproductive biology Booroola Merino VBO:0014302 The concept of “breed reported in geographic location by FAO National Coordinators” is unique to DAD-IS (https://www.fao.org/dad-is/en/). This VBO term should therefore be used specifically for the breed conforming to this concept. High-Fertility Merino domestic breed Sabrina Toro