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 ...

Learn the key differences between sheep and goats in this simple and engaging article. From their woolly and hairy coats to ...

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 ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

The process of domestication has largely eliminated the seasonal breeding cycle in many types of livestock, but most goats and sheep are still attuned to this ancient rhythm. The shorter days at the ...

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 storing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Goat and sheep breeders will march to the presidential palace in Nicosia on February 11, demanding that the agriculture minister enforce her own decree mandating a 5 per cent annual increase in the ...

-- What do you get when you cross a goat and a sheep? The answer is standing on all fours at an Arizona petting zoo. Butterfly, who is a cross between a pygmy goat and a sheep, otherwise known as a ...