Ovis aries
Domestic Sheep
- Category
- vertebrate
- Primary role
- pest vertebrate
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Ovis
Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Bovidae | Ovis
External: GBIF #12157138
2 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Ovis aries.
parasitism 1 claim
- This entity is the object of parasitism by Hydrotaea irritans (Headfly) · effect: harmful
“Lambs which suffered clinically obvious damage had a mean weight gain of 12.18 kg”
parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
pest pressure 1 claim
- This entity is the object of pest pressure by Lantana camara (Black Sage) · effect: harmful
“Lantana is also toxic to sheep and cattle owing to the presence of triterpenoids”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 300 #6495034
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
facilitation 1
- GloBI interactsWith Ovis aries https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1639911
herbivory 4
- GloBI eats Cytisus scoparius https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272349542
- GloBI eats Lolium multiflorum Van Dyne, G.M., Heady, H.F. (1965) Botanical composition of sheep and cattle diets on a mature annual range. Hilgardia 36, 465-492.
- GloBI eats Axonopus compressus Avilés-Nova, F., Espinoza-Ortega, A., Castelán-Ortega, O.A., Arriaga-Jordán, C.M. (2008) Sheep performance under intensive continuous grazing of native grasslands of Paspalum notatum and Axonopus compressus in the subtropical region of the Highlands of Central Mexico. Tropical animal health and production 40, 509-515.
- GloBI eats Medicago polymorpha Van Dyne, G.M., Heady, H.F. (1965) Botanical composition of sheep and cattle diets on a mature annual range. Hilgardia 36, 465-492.
crop interaction 5
- GloBI eats Cytisus scoparius https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272349542
- GloBI interactsWith Ovis aries https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1639911
- GloBI eats Lolium multiflorum Van Dyne, G.M., Heady, H.F. (1965) Botanical composition of sheep and cattle diets on a mature annual range. Hilgardia 36, 465-492.
- GloBI eats Axonopus compressus Avilés-Nova, F., Espinoza-Ortega, A., Castelán-Ortega, O.A., Arriaga-Jordán, C.M. (2008) Sheep performance under intensive continuous grazing of native grasslands of Paspalum notatum and Axonopus compressus in the subtropical region of the Highlands of Central Mexico. Tropical animal health and production 40, 509-515.
- GloBI eats Medicago polymorpha Van Dyne, G.M., Heady, H.F. (1965) Botanical composition of sheep and cattle diets on a mature annual range. Hilgardia 36, 465-492.