Goats are also routinely subjected to painful dehorning and castration. On higher-welfare, pasture-based sheep farms, tail docking is prohibited and castration is only permitted when uncontrolled ...

Artificial insemination technology, currently used to improve breeds of cattle in the country, will now also be used for ...

NEW DELHI: Artificial insemination technology, currently used to improve breeds of cattle in the country, will now also be used for genetic improvement of sheep and goat, and state semen banks ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

The number of U.S. sheep and goats increased over the past year. The USDA says the sheep and lamb inventory was up slightly on the year, with gains in the breeding and market herds, ewes, and the lamb ...

Department of Sheep Husbandry, Udhampur, organised an awareness camp for sheep and goat farmers and self-help groups (SHGs) ...

The main objectives were to develop a Jamaican breed from the imported and local stock to achieve larger meat goats and sheep, and for more prolific dairy animals with the resilience of the native ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved the importation of additional goats and sheep in its bid to bolster the country’s livestock industry.  Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.

Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. approved the importation of 1,520 breeder goats and 4,310 sheep ...