The Old Irish Goat Carries 3,000 Years Of Irish History In Its DNA

Goats tell us how human values changed through time by showing how and where we moved animals through trade or migration.
Courthouse News Service

10,000-Year-Old Goat DNA Holds Clues on Early Domestication and Evolution

Indentation of several goat hooves in a brick from the archaeological site of Ganj Dareh. (Credit: The 'Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change Project') (CN) — Researchers examining ancient DNA ...
New Scientist

Goats were first domesticated in western Iran 10,000 years ago

Goats were domesticated as early as 10,000 years ago in the area around the Zagros mountains in what is now western Iran. The finding suggests goats were one of the first animals to be domesticated, ...
AgWeb

Minnesota Goat Confirmed to Have Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

A juvenile goat in Minnesota recently tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). While HPAI has been detected in predatory mammals that prey on infected birds, this is the first ...
Los Angeles Times

Study Cites Origins of Domestic Goats

The first goats were domesticated about 10,000 years ago and that strain was disseminated all around the world, according to a new DNA study by French and Swiss researchers. Because goats are smaller ...
EurekAlert!

New insights on the diversity of the Iberian wild goat

A new study led by a research team from the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG; CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), with the participation of numerous Spanish scientific institutions, has evaluated the ...
The Spokesman-Review

Domestic sheep and goats prohibited in select areas of WDFW-managed lands per new rule

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife adopted a new rule last week intended to reduce the risk of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae transmission from domestic sheep and goats to bighorn sheep. The ...