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Animal output in different management strategies of cashmere goats with sheep grazing summer dry perennial ryegrass/white clover swards
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2021
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Differences in grazing behaviour between sheep and goats could potentially be exploited in temperate sown swards to improve the efficiency of grazing systems (McGregor, 1985). However, integration of cashmere fibre goats with sheep in pastures from Northern Spain needs to be evaluated and compared with autoctonous breeds under different farming managements to allow assesments of the relative grazing profitability achieved on summer dry grass/clover pastures. The aim of the current study was to examine in lowland grass/clover swards the feasibility for animal performance of the integration of cashmere plus autoctonous goats with local sheep breeds under contrasting grazing managements (rotational, sequential or mix) with two different sward heights over a spring-summer period.
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