Chennai: Its wool is used for making carpets and the Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute will soon start large-scale breeding and research work on the Avikalin variety of animals, a senior official said.

"We are planning to breed and rear Avikalin sheep variety in a big way. The sheep's wool is used for making carpets. We will bring around 300 sheep from our headquarters in Rajasthan to our farm," A.S. Rajendiran, Principal Scientist and Officer-in-Charge at CSWRI's Southern Regional Research Centre, told IANS.