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Sheep liver (Ovis aries), of the Bovidae (Mammalia) family. The domestic sheep, a woolly hoofed ruminant kept for meat, milk and wool; native range: the domestic sheep, kept throughout China, Mongolia and central Asia; the liver taken at slaughter. Globally recognized as yang gan (羊肝) in Chinese, and sheep liver, mutton liver in English. The part used is the liver, used fresh — boiled or raw. A large soft dark red-brown organ, smooth and glossy under its film, sweetish and metallic to the taste, crumbling when it is dried for powder.

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