The researchers have developed an AI system which uses five different facial expressions to recognise whether a sheep is in pain, and estimate the severity of that pain. The results could be used to improve sheep welfare, ...
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2017
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In 1713, Johann Sebastian Bach once wrote a delightful cantata, "Sheep May Safely Graze," whose opening lyric boasts of shepherds protecting sheep from the ravages of the hunt.
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2017
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Thanks to computer technology and SMS messaging, Muslims at the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca were able Monday to make their Eid al-Adha sacrifice without getting blood on their hands.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 12, 2016
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Have you ever thought how a sheep feels when it's freezing cold or baking hot? And whether an animal's reaction to the weather affects farm productivity?
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2016
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It's now 20 years since the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned. This groundbreaking scientific achievement was accompanied by warnings that Dolly might age prematurely because she had been cloned from ...
Biotechnology
Jul 27, 2016
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Armchair explorers hitherto denied the chance to visit the Faroe Islands owing to the lack of coverage on Google's "Street View" service will finally be able to roam the archipelago—thanks to a flock of sheep.
Internet
Jul 14, 2016
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This week marked the 20th anniversary of the birth of arguably the most famous sheep that ever chewed grass. Dolly was created at The Roslin Institute, Scotland, which receives long-term strategic funding from BBSRC.
Biotechnology
Jul 8, 2016
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In a divergence from normal thinking, research has shown that being fatter really is better, at least when it comes to being a sheep!
Plants & Animals
May 30, 2016
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Modern wild sheep, Ovis, is widespread in the mountain ranges of the Caucasus through Himalaya, Tibetan Plateau, Tianshan-Altai, eastern Siberia, and the Rocky Mountains in North America. In Eurasia, fossil sheep are known ...
Archaeology
May 11, 2016
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A ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recognizing a connection between bighorn sheep die-offs and diseases transmitted by domestic sheep could have far-reaching ramifications on federal grazing allotments in the ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2016
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