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Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]
Sheep have a breeding season (tupping) in the autumn, though some can breed year-round. [1] As a result of the influence of humans on sheep breeding, ewes often produce multiple lambs. This increase in lamb births, both in number and birth weight, may cause problems with delivery and lamb survival, requiring the intervention of shepherds. [2]
Berger, Yves (2010), Breeds of sheep for commercial milk production (PDF), University of Wisconsin, Spooner Agricultural Research Station Desilva, Udaya; Fitch, Jerry (1995), "Elliottdale" , Breeds of Livestock , Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science, archived from the original on 5 June 2010 , retrieved 8 September 2010
Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to other species in the genus Ovis , in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep.
For example, the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (P.L. 106–78, Title IX) defines livestock only as cattle, swine, and sheep, while the 1988 disaster assistance legislation defined the term as "cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry (including egg-producing poultry), equine animals used for food or in the production of food, fish used ...
Herdwick sheep in an extensive hill farming system, Lake District, England.The sheep are free to climb to the unfenced upland area. Extensive farming or extensive agriculture (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labour, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land area being farmed.
Female sheep (ewes) do not produce milk constantly. Instead, they produce milk during the 80–100 days after lambing. [2] Sheep naturally breed in the fall, which means that a majority of lambs are born in the winter or early spring. Milk production decreases and eventually stops when lambs are weaned or the days are shorter. [1]