Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Sheep

Sheep (Ovis aries) are domesticated quadrupedal ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, raised worldwide for wool, meat, milk, and hides. As ruminants, they possess a multi-chambered stomach adapted to fermenting plant material, and they are a central subject of veterinary, parasitological, and biochemical research beca…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 28× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-2275 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Sheep (Ovis aries) are domesticated quadrupedal ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, raised worldwide for wool, meat, milk, and hides. As ruminants, they possess a multi-chambered stomach adapted to fermenting plant material, and they are a central subject of veterinary, parasitological, and biochemical research because of their economic and agricultural importance. Disease surveillance in sheep flocks, particularly the burden of internal parasites, is a recurring concern in livestock-producing regions. Zoological Research has published peer-reviewed studies addressing several aspects of ovine biology and health, including an assessment of helminth parasite prevalence and distribution among sheep in the Gudaya Bila District of East Wallaga, Ethiopia, and a coprological examination of ovine fasciolosis within a community-based sheep breeding program in the Horro District of Western Ethiopia. Complementing these epidemiological investigations, the journal has also published a biochemical study on the purification and characterization of xanthine oxidase from sheep liver, an enzyme involved in purine metabolism. Together these works span parasitology, veterinary epidemiology, and enzymology in sheep. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to sheep published in the journal.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 28 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Sheep, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Zoological Research (ISSN 2694-2275).

Journal editorial board
Alexander Ereskovsky · France ANDREI ALIMOV · Russia

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