Effects of Pasture Inclusion of Mimosa on Growth by Sheep and Goats Co-Grazing Grass/Forb Pastures
| Autor: | Lionel J. Dawson, G.E. Aiken, Arthur L Goetsch, T. Sahlu, G. Animut, C.R. Krehbiel, R.C. Merkel, G. Detweiler, Ryszard Puchala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Animal Research. 31:1-10 |
| ISSN: | 0974-1844 0971-2119 |
| Popis: | Animut, G., Goetsch, A.L., Aiken, G.E., Puchala, R., Detweiler, G., Krehbiel, C.R., Merkel, R.C., Sahlu, T. and Dawson, L.J. 2007. Effects of pasture inclusion of mimosa on growth by sheep and goats co-grazing grass/forb pastures. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 31: 1–10. Effects of mimosa alley-cropped in grass/forb pastures on growth performance of co-grazing sheep and goat wethers were determined. Eighteen sheep (Katahdin) and eighteen goats (≥75% Boer blood), with BW of 22±0.3 and 21±0.2 kg, respectively, and age of 4 to 5 months were used. Wethers grazed 0.4-ha pastures of grasses andforbs for 16 weeks. Three pastures with alley-cropped mimosa (W) and three without (WO) were divided into four paddocks for 2-week rotational grazing. Based on mimosa leaf mass at the beginning of grazing periods and animal days, daily consumption of mimosa leaf DM averaged 47 g per animal, although mimosa leaf harvest was complete long before the end of the grazing periods. Mimosa leaf samples averaged 2.81, 37.8, and 85.... |
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