On the Scottish archipelago of St. Kilda, the Soay sheep may not have any natural predators, but they do have the elements to contend with: a lack of food, brutal weather that can kill off half the ...

In Australia only 5 per cent of sheep are bred using artificial insemination New research hopes to increase the conception rates in ewes from frozen sperm The anatomy of the sheep's reproductive ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A central theme in life history theory is to determine how reproduction varies with age in iteroparous organisms. Evidence of ageing and ...

A new, mandatory sheep carcass classification system is being proposed by Defra, which will run on similar lines to the grid systems that have existed for cattle and pigs for many years. According to ...