News tagged with hair sheep


Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, study

Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, study

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa."





Search results for hair sheep


Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 21, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2

A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman, and that their technique, reported today ...


A farmer droving his sheep, northwest of Melbourne

Australian scientists aim to reduce sheep burps

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Australian scientists are working to breed a sheep that belches less, as they look for ways to reduce harmful methane emissions from the country's woolly flocks, a researcher said Sunday.


Don't brush with baldness: put down that comb

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Put that comb back in your handbag -- a study by an Israeli dermatologist has found that too much combing of the coiffure leads to hair loss, the daily Haaretz reported on Monday.


Springtime Sheep Grazing Helps Control Leafy Spurge

Springtime Sheep Grazing Helps Control Leafy Spurge

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using sheep to control leafy spurge works best if it's done in the spring every year, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study.


Stem cells from hair follicles may help 'grow' new blood vessels

Biology /

created Mar 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 0

For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients’ heads, according to new research published earlier this month ...


GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

GPS to track blue sheep and snow leopard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard in Nepal by venturing into the remote Himalayas to study its main prey, the Bharal or blue sheep.


Ultrasound Used for Better Breeding in Sheep

Ultrasound Used for Better Breeding in Sheep

Biology / Other

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultrasound technology routinely used to accurately predict characteristics that indicate carcass yield and value in cattle and swine can also be used in live sheep, Agricultural Research Service ...


Research Yields Sheep Breeding Improvements

Research Yields Sheep Breeding Improvements

Biology / Other

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Artificial insemination (AI) techniques that work well with cattle and swine can be difficult or costly to perform in sheep, but help’s on the way, thanks to Agricultural Research Service ...


curly hair

Single gene may cause curly hair

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia have identified a single gene that strongly influences whether you have curly or straight hair.


Wolves are seen here in Nantes, western France

Appetite spells three wolves' doom in Switzerland

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It is unclear if the three wolves were too greedy or simply hungry, but what is certain is that by killing more sheep than they should, they have violated Swiss law.



List of search results for hair sheep