Factors of welfare reduction in dairy sheep and goats

A Sevi, D Casamassima, G Pulina… - Italian Journal of Animal …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Scientific research on factors causing the reduction of well-being in sheep and goats is
rather recent, as are studies of strategies to minimize the adverse effects of environmental …

Canopy characteristics, ingestive behaviour and herbage intake in cultivated tropical grasslands

LE Sollenberger, JC Burns - 2001 - uknowledge.uky.edu
Compared to temperate systems, there have been few detailed assessments of canopy
characteristics and associated grazing behavior in planted tropical grasslands. Reasons …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanisms that result in large herbivore grazing distribution patterns.

DW Bailey, JE Gross, EA Laca… - … /Journal of Range …, 1996 - journals.uair.arizona.edu
Grazing distribution patterns of large herbivores are affected by abiotic factors such as slope
and distance to water and by biotic factors such as forage quantity and quality. Abiotic …

Review of the effect of nitrogen fertilization on the chemical composition, intake, digestion and nutritive value of fresh herbage: consequences on animal nutrition and …

JL Peyraud, L Astigarraga - animal Feed science and technology, 1998 - Elsevier
The changes in agricultural policy and the increased concern about the effects of intensive
production systems on the natural environment may lead to a reduction in the levels of …

A mechanistic model of intake and grazing behaviour in sheep integrating sward architecture and animal decisions

R Baumont, D Cohen-Salmon, S Prache… - Animal Feed Science and …, 2004 - Elsevier
The grazing process determines not only the nutrient intake of ruminants at pasture but also
the intensity of their impact on vegetation. Grazing dynamics are the result of complex …

[PDF][PDF] Importância da estrutura da pastagem na ingestão e seleção de dietas pelo animal em pastejo

PCF Carvalho, HMN Ribeiro Filho… - Reunião Anual da …, 2001 - bibliotecaagptea.org.br
A estrutura de uma pastagem é uma característica central e determinante tanto da dinâmica
de crescimento e competição nas comunidades vegetais quanto do comportamento …

Factors affecting intake by grazing ruminants and related quantification methods: a review

V Decruyenaere, A Buldgen, D Stilmant - Base, 2009 - popups.uliege.be
Résumé Facteurs de variation de l'ingestion des ruminants au pâturage et principales
méthodes permettant son estimation: revue de synthèse. L'objectif de cette étude est de …

[HTML][HTML] Sheep and goat feeding behavior profile in grazing systems

TP Dias-Silva, AL Abdalla Filho - Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Feeding behavior analysis provides information about the relationships between animals
and pastures. Therefore, this review aims to describe some aspects of the feeding behavior …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of daily herbage allowance, herbage mass and animal factors upon herbage intake by grazing dairy cows

JL Peyraud, EA Comeron, MH Wade… - Annales de zootechnie, 1996 - hal.science
The effect of daily herbage allowance, herbage mass and animal factors upon herbage intake by
grazing dairy cows Page 1 HAL Id: hal-00889554 https://hal.science/hal-00889554v1 Submitted …

[HTML][HTML] A preliminary investigation of the effect of solar panels and rotation frequency on the grazing behavior of sheep (Ovis aries) grazing dormant pasture

EW Kampherbeek, LE Webb, BJ Reynolds… - Applied Animal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vegetation management on solar farms can be accomplished through targeted grazing with
sheep. To the authors' knowledge, no research has been conducted to date on sheep …