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A sheep–goat chimera (sometimes called a geep in popular media [13]) is a chimera produced by combining the embryos of a goat and a sheep; the resulting animal has cells of both sheep and goat origin. A sheep–goat chimera should not be confused with a sheep–goat hybrid, which can result when a goat mates with a sheep.
Sheep-goat hybrids, such as the toast of Botswana. Family Camelidae. Cama, a cross between a male dromedary and a female llama, also an intergeneric hybrid. Dromedary and Bactrian camels can crossbreed and produce a one large-humped Hybrid camel. Huarizo, a cross between a male llama and a female alpaca. Infraorder Cetacea. Family Balaenopteridae
[citation needed] The breeding of two crossbreeds of the same combination of breeds, creating an F2 cross, an animal that is still a 50–50 cross, but it is the second filial generation of the combination. [10] An F2 cross bred to an F2 cross creates an F3 cross. Similarly, an F2 animal bred to an F1 animal creates an F2b backcross.
The term refers to both breeds and strains that are naturally polled through selective breeding and also to naturally horned animals that have been disbudded. [1] Natural polling occurs in cattle , yaks , water buffalo , and goats , and in these animals it affects both sexes equally; in sheep , by contrast, both sexes may be horned, both polled ...
Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs. Storey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60342-036-5. Roger J Wood and Vítezslav Orel (2001). Genetic Prehistory in Selective Breeding A Prelude to Mendel. OUP. ISBN 978-0-19-850584-6. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Roger J Wood (1973).
The sheep are now moving to Franklin Mountains State Park, just north of El Paso. “They should start the trek to El Paso around noon for a 4-5 pm release time at the park.
Prey animals, sheep, goats, pigs and cattle, were progressively domesticated early in the history of agriculture. [3] Pigs were domesticated in the Near East between 8,500 and 8000 BC, [4] sheep and goats in or near the Fertile Crescent about 8,500 BC, [5] and cattle from wild aurochs in the areas of modern Turkey and Pakistan around 8,500 BC. [6]
Horns are traditional in some breeds, and breed standards may require their presence (for example, Texas Longhorn, Highland and White Park cattle). In some areas horns are of cultural significance, often being decorated or even trained into strange shapes. Some types of yokes used by draught oxen require the presence of horns.