### animal | vertebrate | mammal | ungulate | sheep:

Affected sheep
* rub their coat against a tree or building as if it itches.
* suffer a loss of appetite and weight.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | ungulate | sheep:

Barbary sheep
* Most barbary sheep adapt to dry climates
  - eat plants
* Most barbary sheep have coats
  - outer coats
* Most barbary sheep live in arid environments
* Most barbary sheep reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - survive in areas
* Some barbary sheep eat shrubs.
* Some barbary sheep have diseases
  - hosts
  - infectious diseases
  - live in snow
  - originate in regions
* adapt to climates
* are also well adapted to a dry climate.
* eat a wide variety of grasses, flowers, leaves and shrubs
* have bristly coats
* live in arid environments and acquire much of their water from the plants they eat
  - the desert mountains from sea level up to the edge of the snows
* make their homes in the rocky plateaus.

Desert bighorn sheep
* detect predators.
* get food

Domestic sheep
* Most domestic sheep share common ancestors
  - european ancestors
* are sheep.
* can stray from the main flock.
* carry a respiratory disease that is deadly to wild bighorn.
* graze ranges.
* is sheep
* live worldwide in association with humans.
* share ancestors
* vary greatly in size.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | ungulate | sheep:

Ewe
* All ewes are subordinate to even young rams with bigger horns.
* Most ewes are 'cycling' when the entire rams are joined
  - breed every year, some even twice
* Some ewes are easier to fool than others
  - die of complications such as infected uteri, fetal retentions or peritonitis
  - then have a short oestrous cycle and ovulate six days later
* begin cycling in the fall when the day length becomes shorter.
* carrying twins or triplets require even more feed.
* have excellent mothering abilities and keep good track of their lambs
  - good mothering instincts and milk production
  - natural mothering instincts with good milk production
* live together in groups throughout the year.
* provide many lambs through their productive years.
* tend to be more expensive than wethers
  - stressed during the last third of their pregnancy and while nursing lambs
  - come into heat one at a time
* vary in the quantity and quality of colostrum they produce.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | ungulate | sheep:

Female sheep
* Most female sheep reach maturity
  - puberty
  - show maternal behavior
* are called 'ewes'
  - ewes, baby sheep are called lambs, and male sheep are called rams
* show behavior
* tend to be rather gentle, with the exception of wily old range ewes
  - three quarters to two thirds the size of males
  - give birth to one lamb and sometimes twin
+ Domestic sheep: Caprids :: Domesticated animals :: Meats
  * It is a type of cattle, and is owned and looked after by a sheep farmer. Female sheep are called 'ewes'. Male sheep are called 'rams'. Sheep and goat science'. 5th ed, Interstate Illinois.

Healthy sheep
* Most healthy sheep have good appetite.
* are attentive, responsive, and have a good appetite
  - more reproductively useful than diseased sheep
* can obviously handle worm infestations.
* eat regularly.
* have appetite
  - pink membranes in their eyes and pink skin around their mouth

Male sheep
* Some male sheep fight for dominance.
* are called 'rams'
  - either rams or wethers
+ Domestic sheep: Caprids :: Domesticated animals :: Meats

Merino sheep
* have an intermediate occurance of copper toxicity.
* produce fine wool suitable for use in apparel
  - very fine wool