Many of our livestock breeds including cattle sheep and goats digest their feed differently than other species such as swine or poultry, Sara Bull writes. The ruminant digestive system | Columns ...

This highly specialized digestive system allows ruminants to make the most of a diet high in otherwise-indigestible cellulose. The study showed that, among the 295 newly evolved genes identified in ...

Deworming for sheep is a crucial practice to maintain the health of your flock. It involves administering medications to eliminate internal parasites that can harm the sheep’s digestive system ...

The first ever sequence of the sheep genome has been completed by scientists, which has shed new information on the species' unique and specialized digestive and metabolic systems. Sheep, a major ...

ArkeaBio, one startup working on a vaccine that could be administered to cattle, sheep, ... Cows and other ruminant animals have microbes living in their digestive system that generate methane.

The research identifies the genes that give sheep their fleece and uncovers features of their digestive system, which makes them so well-suited to a diet of low quality grass and other plants.

Sheep genome to help improve health: study Scientists who have mapped the genome of sheep believe it will lead the way to improving wool and meat yields from the farm animal.