PLoS Genetics, 2023 The worldwide sheep population comprises more than 1000 breeds. Together, these exhibit a considerable morphological diversity, which has not been extensively investigated at the molecular level.
Hong Cheng +18 more
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Mitochondrial DNA diversity of modern, ancient and wild sheep(Ovis gmelinii anatolica) from Turkey: new insights on the evolutionary history of sheep. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 In the present study, to contribute to the understanding of the evolutionary history of sheep, the mitochondrial (mt) DNA polymorphisms occurring in modern Turkish native domestic (n = 628), modern wild (Ovis gmelinii anatolica) (n = 30) and ancient ...
Sevgin Demirci +8 more
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Paternal Origins and Migratory Episodes of Domestic Sheep [PDF]
Current Biology, 2020 The domestication and subsequent global dispersal of livestock are crucial events in human history, but the migratory episodes during the history of livestock remain poorly documented [1-3]. Here, we first developed a set of 493 novel ovine SNPs of the male-specific region of Y chromosome (MSY) by genome mapping.
Deng, Juan +46 more
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Spatial and temporal phylogeny of border disease virus in pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra p. Pyrenaica) [PDF]
, 2016 Border disease virus (BDV) affects a wide range of ruminants worldwide, mainly domestic sheep and goat. Since 2001 several outbreaks of disease associated to BDV infection have been described in Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica) in Spain ...
Cabezón, Oscar +11 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 India ranks the second in the world in terms of its sheep population with approximately 74.26 million represented by 44 well-described breeds in addition to several non-descript populations.
Ranganathan Kamalakkannan +8 more
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Species affinities in domestic sheep and goats
California Agriculture, 1979 Although sheep exhibit a stronger tendency to follow their own kind, goats are the more social of the two species.
E Price, K Tomlinson
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The tonsils revisited: review of the anatomical localization and histological characteristics of the tonsils of domestic and laboratory animals [PDF]
, 2011 This paper gives an overview of the anatomical localization and histological characteristics of the tonsils that are present in ten conventional domestic animal species, including the sheep, goat, ox, pig, horse, dog, cat, rabbit, rat, and pigeon ...
Casteleyn, Christophe +3 more
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Gastrointestinal nematode species burdens and host mortality in a feral sheep population [PDF]
, 2006 Every few years a large proportion of the feral sheep on Hirta, St Kilda die due to food shortage. The effects of malnutrition are exacerbated by gastrointestinal nematodes. As found in sheep flocks in mainland Britain, Teladorsagia circumcincta has long
Craig, B. H. +2 more
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Animals, 2021 In extensive livestock production, high densities may inhibit regulation processes, maintaining high levels of intraspecific competition over time. During competition, individuals typically modify their behaviours, particularly feeding and bite rates ...
Tomás Fernández +5 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]
, 2014 Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick +13 more
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