The Dutch animal genebank is one of the most elaborate genebanks in Europe. However, analysis of the status of the core ...

Sheep shaped human history for 12,000 years. Scientists traced their migration, domestication, and genetic evolution.

Sheep have been part of human life for over 11,000 years. First domesticated in the western Fertile Crescent, their impact ...

Two authors from Grange-over-Sands are pulling back the curtain on Cumbria's farming industry. 'Cumbrian Yarn: The Wool That Binds the County', released by Amberley Publishing', is the work of Beth ...

That’s the situation facing farmers who are voting with their chequebooks by paying a premium for these new self-shedding ...

In times of trouble, or even at the end of a long workday, many people turn to a familiar source of comfort: their animal ...

Recent research has employed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to pinpoint genetic regions associated with GIN resistance in different sheep breeds. For instance, a study on Corriedale sheep ...

and overall reproductive success in different sheep breeds. One significant study examined the genetic polymorphisms of the MTNR1A gene in two Mediterranean sheep breeds, Barbarine and Queue Fine ...

Applying fertiliser enriched with sulphur can improve grass yields, but a project in Wales has demonstrated why farmers ...

Cody is an Australian Shepherd with an artistic side—he loves to paint and does so with special paintbrushes modified with a soft, squishy handle that Cody can hold in his mouth to paint on his ...