COI and Your Flock
By Sarah Karr,Roving Acres Farm, Pierpont, Ohio If you have been on the JSBA pedigree search lately, you may have noticed some new letters after the sheep’s other relevant information. Recently, the decision was made to include COI in the publicly available pedigree search so that everyone has access to
Tay-Sachs Disease in Jacob Sheep
Welcome to our first JSBA Science & Research Committee blog posting! Our goal is to occasionally post summaries of research projects involving Jacob sheep especially in the areas of animal health and genetics. Our first post concerns Tay-Sachs, which is sometimes thought of as a Jacob sheep disease but it
OCD in Jacob Sheep
OCD (Occipital Condylar Dysphsia) is a condition sometimes found in polycerate (many-horned) sheep including Jacobs in which deformed bones at the base of the skull put pressure on the spinal column. It is sometimes evident in newborn lambs that struggle to walk but can also appear later in the first