The growing population and income drive the rapid increase in food demand. Greece a few other Mediterranean countries are characterized as with high proportion of mountains favoring goat sheep breeding; however, poultry breeding is also important, production increasing rapidly. Poultry by millions birds reared increased quantities prices feedstuffs. There parallel greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...

This short history of the Dorper sheep traces its background and the steps taken to develop that breed in South Africa. The most important traits considered for the developing of the Dorper are listed and the breeding system outlined. The development of the White Dorper is also detailed and the breed improvement programs are indicated.

Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Bundoora 3083, Victoria, Australia, Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation, Armidale 2351, NSW, Australia, Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), Armidale 2351, NSW, Australia School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale 2351, NSW, Australia,La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086...

Various breeding plans are available to animal breeders, and the choice of a plan is influenced by many factors, including the type of animal and the particular aspect of its performance in which the breeder is interested. This paper is designed to review briefly the factors which govern the choice of a plan in relation to sheep-breeding for wool production, particularly under Australian condit...

Economical breeding is important to obtain maximum gain from the breeding in the animal sector. The economic loss has to be eliminated or should be minimized. The liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, present mostly in sheep and dairy cattle affect the yield of animals and even cause their death. To eliminate or minimize the impact of these parasites on the animals, it is important to understand the ...

Follistatin (FST) is involved in hair follicle morphogenesis. However, its effects on hair traits are not clear. This study was designed to investigate the effects of FST gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) on wool quality traits in Chinese Merino sheep (Junken Type). We performed gene expression analysis, SNP detection, and association analysis of FST gene with sheep wool quality traits...

Nepal borders India in the south and China in the north. Four distinct indigenous domestic sheep breed, i.e. Bhyanglung in the alpine region, Baruwal in the high hills, Kage in the mid hills and Lampuchhre in the low lands are distributed in the country. In this study, the mitochondrial DNA control region of 111 sheep from these four breeds was directly sequenced to determine their genetic vari...

The aim of the present experiment was to determine the growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) secretions in relation to the milk yield of lambed sheep used for milk under different photoperiodic conditions. The study was carried out at the Experimental Station of the Department of Sheep and Goat Breeding of the Agricultural University in Krakow, using 60 Polish Long-wool sheep assigned to thre...