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Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the Caprinae subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. [1] Its seven highly sociable species are known as sheep or ovines. Domestic sheep are members of the genus, and are thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.
Shornie – a freshly shorn sheep. [8] Shepherd's crook – a staff with a hook at one end, used to catch sheep by the neck or leg (depending on type). SIL – Scanned In Lamb; Slink – a very young lamb. Rollover sheep handler for crutching, foot inspection and paring, general husbandry, udder inspection etc. Springer - a ewe close to lambing.
An adult female is referred to as a ewe (/ j uː / yoo), an intact male as a ram, occasionally a tup, a castrated male as a wether, and a young sheep as a lamb. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia, with Iran being a geographic envelope of the domestication center. [ 1 ]
Dogs were also often chained close by to warn of any impending danger to the sheep or shepherd by dingoes or natives. [citation needed] In 1839 the usual wage for a shepherd was about AU£50 per year, plus weekly rations of 12 pounds (5.4 kg) meat, 10 pounds (4.5 kg) flour, 2 pounds (0.91 kg) sugar and 4 ounces (110 g) tea.
And then there is this German Shepherd, who learned her favorite resting pose from the cats she grew up with —that of the compact bread loaf. View the original article to see embedded media.
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Sheep shearers, Flanders, from the Grimani Breviary c. 1510 "Valach" from Brumov in Moravian Wallachia, 1787.Shepherding was a traditional occupation of Romanians, and as they colonised the northern Carpathian range and eventually assimilated, their exonym "Valach" became synonymous with "shepherd".
In sheep, young to whom the ewe is not maternally bonded will be received with aggression, generally head-butting and turning in circles away from the lamb. [5] Another feature of this maternally selective bond is that it is difficult to break, and very difficult to establish new bonds outside of the period immediately surrounding parturition.