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Grazing of barley stubble by sheep in Syria: effect of stocking rate on selective intake of stubble fractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

S Rihawi ,
E Owen ,
A V Goodchild ,
A Termanini  and
T T Treacher
S Rihawi
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Reasearch in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
E Owen
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 236, Reading, BerksRG6 2AT
A V Goodchild
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Reasearch in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
A Termanini
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Reasearch in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
T T Treacher
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Reasearch in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
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Stubble grazing is the main source of nutrients for small ruminants in the Middle East for 3-5 months after cereal harvesting in late May or June. As the flocks are usually mated at this time, poor nutrition may affect the prolificacy of the flocks. However, there have been very few studies of the process of grazing stubble that have defined nutrient intakes and the need for supplementation to sustain particular levels of weight change at mating. An experiment was designed to describe the patterns of removal of different fractions of stubble during grazing at different stocking rates.

Type
Silage and Feeding Behaviour
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1993: Winter meeting , March 1993 , pp. 143
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1993

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