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   Domestic sheep

   Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates.
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   Domestic sheep reproduction

   As with other mammals, domestic sheep reproduction occurs sexually. Their reproductive strategy is very similar to other domestic herd animals.
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   Domestic sheep predation

   Other than parasites and disease, predation is a threat to sheep health and thereby the profitability of sheep raising. Sheep have very little ability to defend themselves, even when compared with other prey species kept as livestock.
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   Ovis

   The domestic sheep is thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.
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   Bighorn Sheep

   They live in large herds, but do not have the strict dominance hierarchy of the mouflon: that is, they do not automatically follow a single leader ram, unlike the Asiatic ancestors of the domestic sheep.
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   Sheep husbandry

   Sheep husbandry is the raising and breeding of domestic sheep, and a subcategory of animal husbandry.
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   Glossary of sheep husbandry

   The raising of domestic sheep has existed in nearly every inhabited part of the globe, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced a vast lexicon of unique terminology used to describe sheep husbandry.
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   Mouflon

   This demonstrates that a common species (in this case, a domestic sheep) can successfully provide a surrogate for the birth of an exotic animal like the mouflon.
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   List of sheep breeds

   Domestic sheep
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    Dorset (sheep)

    Domestic sheep

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Domestic sheep,
• Domestic sheep reproduction,
• Domestic sheep predation,
• Ovis,
• Bighorn Sheep,
• Sheep husbandry,
• Glossary of sheep husbandry,
• Mouflon,
• List of sheep breeds,
• Dorset (sheep)