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Effects of supplementary feed and competition with Cambridge ewes on the browsing behaviour of Welsh Mountain sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

Salah AL-Shami ,
I. Ap Dewi  and
H. Omed
Salah AL-Shami
Affiliation:
King Faisal University, College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O.Box 1757, AL-Ahssa 31982, Saudi Arabia
I. Ap Dewi
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
H. Omed
Affiliation:
School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
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Trees and shrubs play an important role in increasing feed supplies to animal production in many tropical systems. These feeds sources can be browsed directly by animals or can be cut and carried (Ivory, 1989). Understanding the behaviour of domestic animals is an important tool in improving their management and production (Malechek and Provenza, 1983). An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of between-breed competition on the browsing behaviour of Welsh Mountain sheep, with alternative sources of supplementary feed using Cambridge ewes as the competing breed.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 100
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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