A team of scientists from Texas A&M University and the University of Glasgow Veterinary School in Scotland has discovered that naturally occurring endogenous retroviruses are required for pregnancy in ...

“We know that high internalised temperatures in ewes is causing a problem,” said Melbourne-based Russ Davis, of Ceva Animal Health. Ewe problems: Russ Davis, of Ceva Animal Health, at the Sheep ...

The regulation of seasonal reproduction in sheep is intricately linked to the actions of melatonin, a hormone whose secretion varies with the photoperiod. Central to this process are the melatonin ...

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 ...

High temperatures during critical periods of the reproductive cycle of sheep result in 2.1 million fewer lambs produced in Australia each year, costing sheep farmers an estimated $97 million annually.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences and the Indiana Sheep Breeders Association on March 2 will again offer the Purdue Lambing School in West Lafayette. The ...

Researchers from the University of Sheffield, as part of an international team, have discovered the secret of why dark sheep on a remote Scottish Island are mysteriously declining, seemingly ...

A new report has found the intended on-farm gains associated with the sheep and wool industry's levy-funded bodies' research, development and extension projects have not been achieved.

image: The study on the remains of animals found at the site of the Chaves cave in Huesca, led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, obtains new data on the control of breeding and feeding of the ...

A viral gene embedded in the sheep genome plays an essential role in the growth of the animal's placenta, according to a study of impregnated sheep. The result strengthens the case that similar viral ...