with parasites and disease, predation is a threat to sheep health and consequently to the profitability of sheep raising. Sheep have very little ability...

Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to...

"Domestic" sheep reproduce sexually like other mammals, with a reproductive process similar to other domestic herd animals. A flock of sheep is mated...

raising of domestic sheep has occurred in nearly every inhabited part of the earth, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced...

Review of Predation on Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)" (PDF).  This article incorporates public domain material from Description of Bighorn Sheep at Yellowstone...

This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently...

Sheep meat is one of the most common meats around the world, taken from the domestic sheep, Ovis aries, and generally divided into lamb, from sheep in...

as domestic sheep predation by coyotes, farmed salmon predation by seals, the predation of animals who are hunted for sport or food and cat predation of...

America's bighorn sheep: Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and desert bighorn sheep. Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep were listed as a...

Sheep farming or sheep husbandry is the raising and breeding of domestic sheep. It is a branch of animal husbandry. Sheep are raised principally for their...