Today's descendants of the first domestic sheep of Central Anatolia. Even today, agriculture in this region is still largely based on large flocks of sheep. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Sheep, part of the Bovidae family, are domesticated herbivores raised for their wool, milk, and meat across various breeds worldwide. They are social animals that thrive in flocks and are known ...

Greece faces a serious bluetongue virus outbreak affecting sheep and goats. The BTV3 variant, deadly for domestic ruminants, ...

Since the beginning of civilization human livelihood has been tied to animals. Some of the most financially profitable ...

Domesticated animals encompass a wide variety of species ... and dogs, horses and sheep can tell who we are by our faces. In ...

Directly on UD’s main campus and contiguous to our $38 million, newly renovated Worrilow Hall lab space, you receive hands-on experiences with sheep, cows, horses and other domestic animals starting ...

Science shows feelings matter because animals care about what happens to themselves and others and intruding into their lives ...

It was previously known that the parasite causes abortions (pregnancy loss) and increased mortality amongst newborn and young lambs in domestic sheep. But in a recent study, a team of researchers ...

Animal health authorities in the Netherlands have discovered infections in livestock of a bluetongue variant, BTV12, for ...

sheep were among the first livestock animals to be domesticated by humans, as many as ten thousand years ago, raised for meat, skins and milk. Dogs, already man’s best friend for ten thousand ...

A breed is a group of domestic animals with a uniform appearance, behavior, and other characteristics that distinguish it from other animals of the same species. Sheep fall into four broad ...

The Kogi State Government is set to commence the vaccination of domestic animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats with 540,000 doses ...