"Sheep for Carpet wool The objectives of NWPSI is Genetic improvement of indigenous sheep breeds by selection. The technical programme aims at improvement of indigenous sheep breeds under farm conditions wherein the male lambs are first ranked using selection index. Index incorporates body weight and wool yield at six months of age. Each field-based unit has four centres including a ram-rearing centre, covering a sheep population of about 1500 sheep per centre. The superior male lambs are selected from the farmers’ flocks on the basis of GFY1 and 6-month body weigh in Magra sheep and on six-month body weight basis"
"Ovis Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the goat-antelope subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. Its five or more highly sociable species are known as sheep. The domestic sheep is one member of the genus, and is thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia. Female sheep are called ""ewes"", males are called ""rams"" (sometimes also called ""bucks"" or ""tups""), and young sheep are called ""lambs"". The adjective applying to sheep is ""ovine"", and the collective term for sheep is ""flock"" or ""mob"". The term ""herd"" is also occasionally used in this sense."
"a buck (a male goat) is called a sheep-goat hybrid (only a single such animal has been confirmed), and is not to be confused with the sheep-goat chimera, though both are known as ""geep"". Visual differences between sheep and goats include the beard of goats and divided upper lip of sheep. Sheep tails also hang down, even when short or docked, while the short tails of goats are held upwards. Also, sheep breeds are often naturally polled (either in both sexes or just in the female), while naturally polled goats are rare (though many are polled artificially). Males of the"
"sheepy,"" ""plenty jumbuck,"" (another name of theirs for sheep)..."" Jumbuck Jumbuck (noun) is an Australian English term for a male sheep, and is featured in Banjo Paterson's poem ""Waltzing Matilda"". The word may come from a Gamilaraay (Indigenous Australian) word, ""dhimba"", of unknown meaning. It is also the name of a car and mobile chatroom community. A different etymology was offered by Edward Morris in 1898: ""Jumbuck is aboriginal pigeon-English for sheep. Often used in the bush. The origin of this word was long unknown. It is thus explained by Mr. Meston, in the ""Sydney Bulletin"", April 18, 1896: The"
"Mouflon The mouflon (""Ovis orientalis orientalis"" group) is a subspecies group of the wild sheep (""Ovis orientalis""). Populations of ""O. orientalis"" can be partitioned into the mouflons (""orientalis"" group) and the urials (""vignei"" group). The mouflon is thought to be the ancestor for all modern domestic sheep breeds. The wild sheep of Corsica were locally called ""mufro"" (male) and ""mufra"" (female). The French naturalist Buffon (1707–1788) rendered this in French as """". Mouflon sheep have reddish to dark brown, short-haired coats with dark back stripes and black ventral areas and light-colored saddle patches. The males are horned; some females are"
"Sheep–goat hybrid A sheep–goat hybrid (called a geep in popular media or sometimes a shoat) is the hybrid offspring of a sheep and a goat. Although sheep and goats seem similar and can be mated, they belong to different genera in the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. Sheep belong to the genus ""Ovis"" and have 54 chromosomes, while goats belong to the genus ""Capra"" and have 60 chromosomes. The offspring of a sheep-goat pairing is generally stillborn. Despite widespread shared pasturing of goats and sheep, hybrids are very rare, indicating the genetic distance between the two species. Though sometimes"
"Jumbuck Jumbuck (noun) is an Australian English term for a male sheep, and is featured in Banjo Paterson's poem ""Waltzing Matilda"". The word may come from a Gamilaraay (Indigenous Australian) word, ""dhimba"", of unknown meaning. It is also the name of a car and mobile chatroom community. A different etymology was offered by Edward Morris in 1898: ""Jumbuck is aboriginal pigeon-English for sheep. Often used in the bush. The origin of this word was long unknown. It is thus explained by Mr. Meston, in the ""Sydney Bulletin"", April 18, 1896: The word ""jumbuck"" for sheep appears originally as ""jimba, jombock,"
"Shrek (sheep) Shrek (27 November 1994 – 6 June 2011) was a Merino wether (castrated male sheep) belonging to Bendigo Station, a sheep station near Tarras, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004, after he avoided being caught and shorn for six years. Merinos are normally shorn annually, but Shrek apparently hid in caves, avoiding muster. He was named after the fictional ogre in books and films of the same name. After finally being caught on 15 April 2004, the wether was shorn by a professional in 20 minutes on 28 April. The shearing was broadcast on national television"
"Mule (sheep) In sheep farming, the term Mule is used to refer to a cross between a lowland ram (usually a Bluefaced Leicester) and a purebred hill (or mountain) ewe. The production of such mule ewes is a widely used breeding management system which offers several advantages to the farmer. Cross breeding the hill ewe with the lowland ram brings about hybrid vigour or heterosis, which brings the best characteristics of both breeds into one ewe that can be used in producing lamb for the table. The hill ewe, for example the Scottish Blackface, is a hardy animal with good,"
"term ""beef"" (plural ""beeves"") is still used in its archaic sense to refer to an animal of either sex. Cows of certain breeds that are kept for the milk they give are called ""dairy cows"" or ""milking cows"" (formerly ""milch cows""). Most young male offspring of dairy cows are sold for veal, and may be referred to as veal calves. The term ""dogies"" is used to describe orphaned calves in the context of ranch work in the American West, as in ""Keep them dogies moving"". In some places, a cow kept to provide milk for one family is called a"
"after the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. Sheep meat prepared for food is known as either mutton or lamb. ""Mutton"" is derived from the Old French ""moton"", which was the word for sheep used by the Anglo-Norman rulers of much of the British Isles in the Middle Ages. This became the name for sheep meat in English, while the Old English word ""sceap"" was kept for the live animal. Throughout modern history, ""mutton"" has been limited to the meat of mature sheep usually at least two years of age; ""lamb"" is used for that of immature sheep less"
"Sheep shearing Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a ""shearer"". Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have been ""shorn"" or ""sheared"", depending upon dialect). The annual shearing most often occurs in a shearing shed, a facility especially designed to process often hundreds and sometimes more than 3,000 sheep per day. Sheep are shorn in all seasons, depending on the climate, management requirements and the availability of a woolclasser and shearers. Ewes are"
"female cheetah""), or ""una cebra macho"" (""a male zebra""). Different names for the male and the female of a species are more frequent for common pets or farm animals, e.g. English ""cow"" and ""bull"", Spanish ""vaca"" ""cow"" and ""toro"" ""bull"". As regards the pronouns used to refer to animals, these generally agree in gender with the nouns denoting those animals, rather than the animals' sex (natural gender). In a language like English, which does not assign grammatical gender to nouns, the pronoun used for referring to objects (""it"") is often used for animals also. However, if the sex of the"
"Marco Polo sheep The Marco Polo sheep (""Ovis ammon polii"") is a subspecies of argali sheep, named after Marco Polo. Their habitat is the mountainous regions of Central Asia. Marco Polo sheep are distinguishable mostly by their large size and spiraling horns. Their conservation status is ""near threatened"" and efforts have been made to protect their numbers and keep them from commercial hunting. It has also been suggested that crossing them with domestic sheep could have agricultural benefits. The binomial name of the species as a whole is ""Ovis ammon"", described by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758, and all"
"veterinarian's advice. He was 16. Shrek (sheep) Shrek (27 November 1994 – 6 June 2011) was a Merino wether (castrated male sheep) belonging to Bendigo Station, a sheep station near Tarras, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004, after he avoided being caught and shorn for six years. Merinos are normally shorn annually, but Shrek apparently hid in caves, avoiding muster. He was named after the fictional ogre in books and films of the same name. After finally being caught on 15 April 2004, the wether was shorn by a professional in 20 minutes on 28 April. The shearing"
"Argali The argali, or the mountain sheep (species ""Ovis ammon"") is a wild sheep that roams the highlands of Central Asia (Himalaya, Tibet, Altay). The name 'argali' is the Mongolian word for wild sheep. It is the largest species of wild sheep. The North American bighorn sheep may approach comparable weights but is normally considerably outsized by the argali. Argali stand high at the shoulder and measure long from the head to the base of the tail. The female, or ewe is the smaller sex by a considerable margin, sometimes weighing less than half as much as the male, or"
"machine shearing dominated by Australian shearers, and New Zealand dominating the Strong Wool machine shearing. Sheep shearing information, Training, Competitions, World Shearing Records, World Shearing Championships Sheep shearing Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a ""shearer"". Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have been ""shorn"" or ""sheared"", depending upon dialect). The annual shearing most often occurs in a shearing shed, a facility especially designed to process often hundreds and sometimes more than"
"from the sheep embryo (i.e., whichever germ-line formed the ovaries or testes). The term ""shoat"" is sometimes used for sheepgoat hybrids and chimeras, but that term more conventionally means a young piglet. The most convenient way of identifying a geep is to simply look at the animal's tail. A geep's tail extends horizontally from the base of the spine combining the characteristics of a sheep's and goat's tail. Sheep–goat chimera A sheep–goat chimera (sometimes called a geep in popular media) is a chimera produced by combining the embryos of a goat and a sheep; the resulting animal has cells of"
"for science. Sheep husbandry is practised throughout the majority of the inhabited world, and has been fundamental to many civilizations. In the modern era, Australia, New Zealand, the southern and central South American nations, and the British Isles are most closely associated with sheep production. Sheepraising has a large lexicon of unique terms which vary considerably by region and dialect. Use of the word ""sheep"" began in Middle English as a derivation of the Old English word """"; it is both the singular and plural name for the animal. A group of sheep is called a flock, herd or mob."
"Ox An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal or riding animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals more docile. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas. Oxen are used for plowing, for transport (pulling carts, hauling wagons and riding), for threshing grain by trampling, and for powering machines that grind grain or supply irrigation among other purposes. Oxen may be also used to skid logs in forests, particularly in low-impact, select-cut logging. Draft oxen"
"the dangers associated with coursing and blocking. Coursing and blocking may result in females being continually hassled leading to increased mortality due to rams potentially ramming into the ewes causing either physical harm or damage. Ovis Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the goat-antelope subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. Its five or more highly sociable species are known as sheep. The domestic sheep is one member of the genus, and is thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia. Female sheep are called ""ewes"", males are called ""rams"" (sometimes also called ""bucks"""
"sheep, however, subordinates occasionally win a fight for a female, and they father 44% of the lambs born in the population. These sheep live in large flocks, and dominance hierarchies are often restructured each breeding season. Burying beetles, which have a social order involving one dominant male controlling most access to mates, display a behavior known as sneak copulation. While one male at a carcass has a 5:1 mating advantage, subordinate males will tempt females away from the carcass with pheromones and attempt to copulate, before the dominant male can drive them forcefully away. In flat lizards, young males take"
"Lamb and mutton Lamb, hogget and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep (species ""Ovis aries"") at different ages. A sheep in its first year is called a lamb, and its meat is also called lamb. The meat of a juvenile sheep older than one year is hogget; outside the USA this is also a term for the living animal. The meat of an adult sheep is mutton, a term only used for the meat, not the living animals. In the Indian subcontinent the term ""mutton"" is also used to refer to goat meat. Lamb is the most expensive of"
"Sheep dog A sheep dog or sheepdog is generally a dog or breed of dogs historically used in connection with the raising of sheep. These may include livestock guardian or pastoral dogs used to guard sheep and other livestock in farms for farmers, and herding dogs used to herd sheep and other livestock. Specific breeds include: The British Kennel Club classifies herding and livestock guardian dogs in its Pastoral Group, whereas the American Kennel Club uses the Herding Group for herding and the Working Group for livestock guardian dogs. The Fédération Cynologique Internationale classifies herding dogs in its Group 1,"
"Maremma Sheepdog The Maremma Sheepdog or Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog (), usually referred to simply as the Maremmano or Abruzzese Sheepdog, is a breed of livestock guardian dog indigenous to central Italy, particularly to Abruzzo and the Maremma region of Tuscany and Lazio. It has been used for centuries by Italian shepherds to guard sheep from wolves. The literal English translation of the name is ""The dog of the shepherds of the Maremma and Abruzzese region"". The English name of the breed derives from that of the Maremma marshlands, where, until recently, shepherds, dogs and hundreds of thousands of sheep over-wintered, and"
"legs are thin but strong, and the hooves hard. Rams are often horned, ewes less often so. The ears are carried horizontally or slightly drooping. The face and ears may be marked with black. Alpines Steinschaf The Alpines Steinschaf is a breed of domestic sheep indigenous to the Eastern Alps of Austria and southern Germany. It is used for wool, meat and vegetation management. The origin and meaning of the word ""steinschaf"" is unknown, though various theories have been advanced. The Alpines Steinschaf is one of four breeds in the Steinschaf group, the others being the Krainer Steinschaf, the Montafoner"
"and being black on the shoulders. In Corsica this animal is named Mufro. Pallas, grouping goats and sheep together into a single genus ""Aegoceros"", distinguished the mouflon from the argali at species level in 1811 (""Ae. musimon"" and ""Ae. argali"" respectively). In 1840 Blyth proposed that the Armenian and Cypriot sheep were also separate species, which he named ""Ovis Gmelinii"" (after ""the younger Gmelin"") and ""O. Ophion"" (from a name recorded by Pliny). Current taxonomy in some sources such as MSW and ITIS treats the mouflons and urials as subspecies of the domestic sheep, ""Ovis aries"" Linn. 1758. However ICZN"
"Domestic sheep are used for their wool, milk, and meat (which is called mutton or lamb). Six species and numerous subspecies of sheep are currently recognized, although some subspecies have also been considered full species. These are the main ones: Wild sheep are mostly found in hilly or mountainous habitats. They are fairly small compared to other ungulates; in most species, adults weigh less than . Their diets consist mainly of grasses, as well as other plants and lichens. Like other bovids, their digestive systems enable them to digest and live on low-quality, rough plant materials. Sheep conserve water well"
"Polycerate Polycerates (meaning ""many-horned"") are animals with more than two horns. Cattle can have as many as six horns, and occasionally more. Because horns are no longer widely utilized by humans as drinking vessels, musical instruments or in jewellery, farmers prefer to raise polled (hornless) cattle. The lack of horns reduces injuries to humans and other cattle. Polycerate sheep breeds include the Hebridean, Icelandic, Jacob, Manx Loaghtan, Boreray and the Navajo-Churro. One example of a polycerate Shetland sheep was a ram kept by US President Thomas Jefferson for several years in the early 19th century in front of the White"
"as measured by shear force. British Milksheep are large, robust sheep with a good conformation. At maturity, rams weigh and ewes on average. British Milk sheep The British Milksheep originally was known as the Alderbred and is a breed of domesticated sheep developed by Lawrence Alderson in Wiltshire and Northumberland. It was exported to several countries including Hungary, France and Greece, and from there other neighbouring countries. It now can be found mainly in the UK, Hungary and Canada, although the population in Britain was decimated during the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001. The exact composition of the breed"
"Calf A calf (plural, calves) is the young of domestic cattle. Calves are reared to become adult cattle, or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and for their calfskin. The term ""calf"" is also used for some other species. See ""Other animals"" below. ""Calf"" is the term used from birth to weaning, when it becomes known as a ""weaner"" or ""weaner calf"", though in some areas the term ""calf"" may be used until the animal is a yearling. The birth of a calf is known as ""calving"". A calf that has lost its mother is an orphan calf, also"
"birth of an exotic animal such as the mouflon. If cloning of the mouflon can proceed successfully, it has the potential to reduce strain on the number of living specimens. Mouflon The mouflon (""Ovis orientalis orientalis"" group) is a subspecies group of the wild sheep (""Ovis orientalis""). Populations of ""O. orientalis"" can be partitioned into the mouflons (""orientalis"" group) and the urials (""vignei"" group). The mouflon is thought to be the ancestor for all modern domestic sheep breeds. The wild sheep of Corsica were locally called ""mufro"" (male) and ""mufra"" (female). The French naturalist Buffon (1707–1788) rendered this in French"
"are sheep and goats. A subspecies, the Eastern Himalayan tahr or shapi, was described in 1944. This classification is not considered valid anymore, and no subspecies are currently recognized. The word ""tahr"" is derived from the Nepali word ""thār"" and was first used in English writings in 1835. The genus name ""Hemitragus"" is derived from the Greek words ""hēmi-"" meaning ""half"" and ""trágos"" meaning ""goat"". The Himalayan tahr has a small head, small pointed ears, large eyes, and horns that vary between males and females. Their horns reach a maximum length of . Himalayan tahrs are sexually dimorphic, with females"