Wild sheep live in social groups, but rams and ewes typically meet only to mate. Rams live in bachelor groups and females live in herds with other females and their young rams. When fall mating ...

Sheep Science students utilize the WIU Flock for hands-on learning opportunities that range from basic sheep behavior and instincts to sheep facility design, reproductive management and newborn lamb ...

Summer 1978 is a 1978 USDA/WWRC study-based film documenting research on coyote interactions with livestock, particularly sheep. Scientists conduct experiments using a chemical deterrent applied to ...

Sheep secrete a yellow wax from their sebaceous ... Scientists believe wool-sucking behavior could be caused by early weaning. So the popular theory that lanolin reminds cats of nursing could ...

Urbanization in their habitat also indirectly affects bighorn sheep by altering their habitat use, diet and behavior. Changes can also make the species more prone to parasites and disease ...