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A note on patterns of behaviour and grazing in hill sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

J. G. Griffiths
J. G. Griffiths
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Research Organization, 29 Lauder Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2JQ
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Summary

Studies of the social behaviour of a hill flock of sheep confirmed the existence of home range groups with each group having a definable territory. The groupings were not broken by a period of individual penning of the sheep.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , August 1970 , pp. 521 - 524
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1970

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