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Domestic sheep reproduction. A cross-bred ewe suckles her lamb, which was the first of the 2008 spring lambing at a farm in Coventry, England. "Domestic" sheep reproduce sexually like other mammals, with a reproductive process similar to other domestic herd animals. A flock of sheep is generally mated by a single ram, which has either been ...
List of mammalian gestation durations. This is a collection of lists of mammal gestation period estimated by experts in their fields. The mammals included are only viviparous (marsupials and placentals) as some mammals, which are monotremes (including platypuses and echidnas) lay their eggs. A marsupial has a short gestation period, typically ...
Icelandic sheep. The Icelandic[a] is the Icelandic breed of domestic sheep. It belongs to the Northern European short-tailed group of sheep, and is larger than most breeds in that group. It is generally short-legged and stocky, slender and light-boned, and usually horned, although polled and polycerate animals can occur; there is a polled ...
[166] [167] Pregnant sheep are also a useful model for human pregnancy, [168] and have been used to investigate the effects on fetal development of malnutrition and hypoxia. [169] In behavioral sciences, sheep have been used in isolated cases for the study of facial recognition, as their mental process of recognition is qualitatively similar to ...
Meat, wool. Traits. Horn status. Horned, with two, four or six horns. Sheep. Ovis aries. The Manx Loaghtan (/ ˈlɒxtən / LOKH-tən) [2] is a rare breed of sheep (Ovis aries) native to the Isle of Man. It is sometimes spelled as Loaghtyn or Loghtan. The sheep have dark brown wool and usually four or occasionally six horns.
The Polypay sheep breed is a white, medium-sized (65 kg), polled sheep which was developed in the 1960s at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho. [1] In general, Polypay sheep are noted for being a highly prolific maternal dual-purpose (meat and wool) breed. It produces yearly about 4.2 kg of wool and is weaned at 120 days. [2][3]
The Japanese serow (氈鹿, kamoshika, lit. "coarse pelt deer") (Capricornis crispus) [ a ] (羚羊) is a Japanese goat-antelope, an even-toed ungulate. It is found in dense woodland in Japan, primarily in northern and central Honshu. The serow is seen as a national symbol of Japan, and is subject to protection in conservation areas.
In sheep, ewes having just given birth imprint onto their lambs on the basis of olfactory cues, allowing mothers to distinguish their own offspring from other lambs in the flock. This olfactory-based imprinting is dependent on a ewe's behavior after giving birth, on the presence of amniotic fluid, and on a specialized odor-influenced learning ...