Mapping the ancestry of sheep over the past 11,000 years has revealed that our woolly friends are stars among domestic animals ... body size, reproduction and, especially, the lack of horns ...

Established from domestic sheep transported to the island and ... This is particularly true of high reproduction rates. The capacity to lay large numbers of eggs is one reason that feral chickens ...

Professors at the University of Arkansas at Monticello are calling the recent boom in sheep reproduction a "Lambing Storm". Associate Professor of Animal Science and Veterinarian Dr. Rocky Lindsey ...

Domestic sheep can carry a pathogen that’s highly ... Lambs often don’t survive long, which can affect reproduction rates. “That goes on for a long time, so you not only lose a good portion ...