WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Breeding soundness exams for rams and bucks can take the guessing out of choosing fertile sires as fall breeding season is here, a Purdue Extension specialist says. Extension ...

Irish Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Dec., 1974), pp. 341-343 (3 pages) The fertility among 114 rams of 8 different breeds from a total of 2855 matings ranged from 86% for Texels ...

The first Let’s Grow-supported webinar of 2018—Ram Breeding Soundness—will take place on July 24 at 8 p.m. EST. Presenters for the webinar will include Colorado State University Professor Emeritus Dr.

Research scientists at Livestock Production Sciences Branch, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Large Park, Hillsborough and NI sheep programme manager at Greenmount Breeding replacements as ewe ...

The only way of understanding the breeding potential of sheep is to use estimated breeding values (EBVs). However, they should always be used alongside traditional visual assessment to indicate ...

I have been busy on the farm over the last number of weeks with certain tasks that have to be prioritised. In the past while, I have dipped all the sheep on the farm. I have also been checking the ...

Sheep breeders in the United Kingdom are worried about the serious ramifications that a same-sex loving species might do to their business. According to “My Gay Dog and Other Animals,” a documentary ...