Sheep

Sheep

An adult female sheep is called a ewe. An adult male sheep is called a ram. A sheep that is less than 1 year. of age is called a lamb.Goats live in groups called herds. A male goat is referred to as either a "buck"or a "billy" goat. Female goats are called "does" or "nanny" goats.The plural form of the word “sheep” is sheep only. It comes under the few exceptions of the English language which do not change their form when changed to plural from singular. Therefore, option a “sheep” is the right answer.

Uses of Sheep

• Wool. The commodity for which sheep are best known is wool. ...

• Meat. Meat is the most important product that we get from sheep. ...

• Lanolin. Raw wool contains grease or lanolin of 10% to 25%, which is recovered during the scouring process. ...

• Skins. ...

• Dairy. ...

• Science and Medicine. ...

• Landscape Management.

Sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated by humans (although the domestication of dogs may be over 20,000 years earlier); the domestication date is estimated to fall between 11,000 and 8,000 BC in Mesopotamia.