Even the slower-growing sheep have a chance of making it, and this means smaller individuals are becoming increasingly prevalent in the population.

甚至缓慢生长的羊也有成功的机会，这意味着较小的个体在这个群体之中变得日益普遍。

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This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary addition of mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) on rumen fermentation of growing sheep in vitro by batch culture procedure.

采用批次培养的方法，研究了体外条件下日粮添加甘露寡糖对生长绵羊瘤胃发酵功能的影响。

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Then, about 7000 B.C., within the space of a few generations, they switched abruptly to herding domesticated goats and sheep and to growing einkorn, pulses, and other cereal grasses.

后来，大约在公元前7000年，在几代人的时间里，他们突然转向放牧家养的山羊和绵羊，转而种植单粒小麦、豆类和其他谷类牧草。

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Growing flocks of sheep have also done their bit in stripping the mountains of vegetation.

ECONOMIST: From the archive

However, it is a growing concern for Welsh sheep farmers who are becoming increasingly worried about the disease's impact on flocks.

BBC: Schmallenberg virus cases increase in Welsh lambs

But after reading a countryside magazine he hit on the idea of joining the growing number of farmers forgoing the traditional sheep and dairy herds, in favour of alpacas.

BBC: Banker backs alpaca flock