16 Jul 2009
Sheep In The News

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

The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa". It's the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, which is to be published July 3 in PLoS ONE, finds that not only are these ruminants low-maintenance and parasite-resistant, they're also perfect blood donors for the microbiology tests necessary to diagnose infectious disease in the developing world.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

Scottish sheep shrink as climate change favours the weak

Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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Childless man freed after child support arrest

If you think that debtors prison only exists in Dickens's novels, think again.Frank Hatley spent the past year in jail for being a deadbeat dad. But there's one problem -- Hatley doesn't have any children. And the "deadbeat" label doesn't fit the 50-year-old either, his supporters say.

(link) [CNN.com]

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