A sheep that requires no shearing, is resistant to lice and flystrike and easy to handle while being kind on fencing sounds like a creation of modern breeding, however these exact traits are found in ...

THE Texel is top of the tups. A survey shows that the breed accounted for almost a quarter of the 412,000 rams used in 2003. THE Texel is top of the tups. A survey shows that the breed accounted for ...

Evans, J. V., Harris, H., and Warren, F. L., Proc. Roy. Soc., B (in the press). Denton, D. A., Wynn, V., McDonald, I. R., and Simon, S., Acta Med. Scand., 140, Supp ...

Two farmers from north Wales will become the first in the UK to breed a type of sheep - that looks like a goat. Damara sheep, native to African countries, have large fatty hindquarters and little wool ...

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