The genetic integrity of native Welsh sheep breeds combined with contemporary scientific techniques will develop the commercial flocks of the future. The genetic integrity of native Welsh sheep breeds ...

Studies of domestic animals are performed on breeds, but a breed does not necessarily equate to a genetically defined population. The division of sheep from three native and four modern Baltic sheep ...

Deep in Erankau village some 6km from Sultan Hamud sits an impressive 400 hectare Dorper sheep sanctuary. The farm run by Mzee Paul ole Nagisikie and his brother, has been a learning centre for other ...

Counting sheep need not be as monotonous an activity as the old adage about it curing insomnia would suggest. There’s no shortage of sheep to count, either: 33 million or so across Britain, which is a ...

A MAJOR study supported by the National Sheep Association (NSA)has found that sheep grazing on moorland in the Yorkshire Dales emit lower levels of both methane and carbon dioxide than those grazing ...

Heidi Bell, 52, has over 50 Olde English Babydoll Southdowns sheep, who she says are known for looking like miniature teddy bears. The 18-22 inch sized sheep became extinct in the UK after World War ...

A landmark project has yielded genomic values for the maternal, growth and carcass traits for six British hill sheep breeds. Dubbed the most exciting breakthrough in decades, the genomic estimated ...

Sheep grazing on moorland in the Yorkshire Dales emit lower levels of both methane and carbon dioxide than those grazing ...