The Lori-Bakhtiari fat-tailed sheep is one of the most important heavyweight native breeds of Iran. The breed is robust and well-adapted to semi-arid regions and an important resource for smallholder ...

DNA from the skin of this mummified sheep leg allowed researchers to study sheep husbandry practices in ancient Iran. Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum and Zanjan Cultural Heritage Centre, ...

The veterinary services confirmed on Wednesday that an exemption has been granted allowing fat tailed sheep in Dromolaxia to be spared from culling under strict conditions, following ongoing ...

The team of geneticists and archaeologists from Ireland, France, Iran, Germany, and Austria have been able to sequence DNA from a mummified 1600-year-old sheep. The sheep was found in an ancient ...

A team of geneticists and archeologists from Ireland, France, Iran, Germany, and Austria has sequenced the DNA from a 1,600-year-old sheep mummy from an ancient Iranian salt mine, Chehrābād. This ...

Two local breeds of livestock – the fat-tail sheep and red cattle – have been infected by foot and mouth disease (FMD) and the authorities are in a quandary over what to. These rare breeds, specific ...