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Lamb
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LAMB. A ram, sheep or ewe, under the age of one year. 4 Car. & P. 216; S. C. 19 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 351.



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Genetic studies of modern domestic sheep have revealed a pattern similar to that of goats, with three to four ancient lineages, Zeder notes.
The exceptional increase in domestic sheep meat supplies that contributed to the downward pressure on lamb and cull ewe prices over the past year looks set to be reversed this year, resulting in better prices for English lambs.
And bighorn sheep - which disappeared from Oregon in the 1940s as a result of diseases picked up from domestic sheep - were successfully reintroduced using transplanted animals.
 
 
 
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