Sentences with phrase «sheep than cattle»

Shelties, like Australian Cattle dogs, are bred for herding and are more often used for herding sheep than cattle.

Not exact matches

More than 2,000 years ago, a child was born to two faithful travelers who could find rest only in a stable, among the cattle and the sheep.
«More than 2,000 years ago, a child was born to two faithful travelers who could find rest only in a stable, among the cattle and the sheep,» Obama said at the tree lighting ceremony, a longstanding White House tradition.
Nonetheless, live sales of cattle and sheep are a small slice of Australian meat exports, in part because it is easier to slaughter animals in Australia rather than ship them alive to Asia and the Middle East.
Kangaroos» soft feet mean that «growing» a couple of kilos of kangaroo meat in Australia's fragile rangelands has much less impact on native vegetation than a couple of kilos of sheep or cattle.
The act stated that if any person or persons «shall wantonly and cruelly beat, abuse, or ill - treat any horse, mare, gelding, mule, ass, ox, cow, heifer, steer, sheep, or other cattle» they would be fined a sum «not exceeding five pounds, not less than ten shillings»; failure to pay the fine would result in a prison sentence of up to three months.
Scientists have already cloned more than 20 species, including carp, mice, sheep, monkeys, cattle, cats, dogs, and horses.
The property covers more than 120 square kilometres but supports only 3000 sheep and 250 cattle.
Australia relies heavily on coal for its own electricity as well, emitting more CO2 per person than any other developed country, and its agricultural emissions are among the highest per capita in the world, mainly because of the large numbers of sheep and cattle.
Analyzing much smaller bits of animal bone than Mellaart ever found, Martin has determined that most of them did not come from cattle; most came from sheep and goats.
But the cloning that led to the creation of Dolly the sheep in 1996 also failed far more often than it succeeded, and now cattle, sheep, pigs, and some pets are routinely cloned.
He said sheep not only help with the effective use of this vegetation, they also perform better than cattle during drought conditions.
With smaller cattle and sheep, a smaller than average herding dog was needed.
Whether «meat meal,» «bone meal,» or «byproduct meal», the FDA allows sourcing from «mammals other than cattle, pigs, sheep or goats without further description.»
MADISON, NJ, May 30, 2013 — Finding time in a hectic veterinary practice to order animal health products from Zoetis just became faster and easier, thanks to a new web - based ordering site that offers customers in the United States 24/7 access to more than 300 product lines that support the health of beef and dairy cattle, poultry, pigs, dogs, cats, horses and sheep.
They are also bred for working cattle rather than sheep, and not as feedlot dogs but as dogs on large spreads.
Viagen's been doing this for more than 15 years and has successfully cloned thousands of animals including cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and - yes - dogs and cats.
The American Association of Feed Control Officials, a group that helps the FDA establish labeling standards, allows anything that's labeled «meat meal» to be sourced «from mammals other than cattle, pigs, sheep or goats without further description,» which means you can't be sure exactly what's in it.
The Association of American Feed Control Officials allows ingredients labeled as «meat meal» to be sourced from «mammals other than cattle, pigs, sheep or goats without further description.»
We have more cattle than people and even more sheep.
Instead of killing livestock, big cats hunt the plentiful capybara, iguanas, birds, and other wildlife — the family that runs Hato la Aurora says it loses less than 20 head (cattle, goats, sheep) a year to predation.
Ruminants, which ferment plants in a specialized stomach before digestion, are estimated to be the largest single human - related source of methane, with greenhouse - gas emissions from sheep and cattle 19 to 48 times higher than beans or grains per pound of food produced, according to the report.
Methane, which comes from the stomachs of cattle and sheep, from thawing tundra, from food rotting in landfill and from drilling for oil and mining, is a greenhouse gas that is much more dangerous than carbon dioxide.
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