The Tamil Nadu Goat & Sheep Breeding Policy, recently unveiled by the State Government, has advocated for an open nucleus breeding system for goats and for selective breeding within the breed with ...

In November 2013, farmer Paddy Murphy witnessed one of his sheep mating with a goat. Five months later, the sheep gave birth to a sheep-goat hybrid, which Murphy refers to as his first "geep". "This ...

Due to the remarkable success of the Research Topic 'Genomic Insights into Sheep and Goat Breeding Efficiency' and the rapidly evolving subject area, we are ...

Female dairy goats are reared for milk and male goats kept entirely for the purpose of meat and breeding. Goat fur is also used to make clothes making fabric. Sheep are kept mainly for their meat ...

Each year, sheep and goat farmers around the world lose an estimated US $10 billion due to gastrointestinal parasites that infect their animals, leading to loss of weight and wools and even death – a ...

LEWISTON, Minn. (WCCO) --There's a breed of goats that give true meaning to the phrase "paralyzed in fear." They're called fainting goats and the breed is growing in popularity. On the farms of rural ...

Looking for some tips and sheep rearing information? Learn about a few dual purpose sheep breeds to develop your perfect flock. It was a happy accident, really, involving a road trip, a mistaken ...

A new facility will help put Lincoln University at the cutting edge of sheep and goat meat processing. The 1890 land grant institution plans to build a commercial meat processing facility at Freeman ...

HELEN Darlington always knew she would wind up working with animals, but it wasn’t until she was charged with the welfare of a small flock of goats at Gatton’s University of Queensland campus that she ...