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"Owners should take notice and act aggressively at the first sign that foot rot may be present in a flock." Foot Rot is a problem often overlooked by sheep owners and sometimes it can be overlooked as a cause of...

 "Never vaccinate wet or muddy sheep -- the location of the injection needs to be clean and dry." How and where a sheep receives an injection affects the quality of meat and pelt that they produce. It is not unusual...

"Ewes typically give birth to twins." People started raising sheep over ten thousand years ago. Spinning wool into thread began about 5,000 years ago. One pound of wool can make ten miles of yarn. Sheep prefer running water when they...

"Cattle, goats, and sheep are the most common animals involved in transmission though many other species can become infected including pets and wild animals." Q-fever is a disease referred to as zoonotic. This means that it is transmitted between animals...

"The disease is non-contagious and is only transmitted by insect vectors." Bluetongue is an insect-borne viral disease primarily of sheep, occasionally goats and deer, and very rarely cattle. The disease is non-contagious and is only transmitted by insect vectors. The...