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Influence of sward height on diet selection by horses
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2005 Abstract Foraging herbivores are often faced with spatial and temporal heterogeneity within the vegetation they have available to graze and therefore have to make decisions where and when to graze. The study reported in this paper investigated the influence of sward height on diet selection by horses grazing perennial rye-grass swards.
Naujeck, A., Hill, J., Gibb, M. J.
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Grass and Forage Science, 1996 AbstractAn experiment was carried out over 2 years to examine the interactions between two planes of winter nutrition and summer gracing at 5.5 and 7.5 cm compressed sward height on the performance of Limousin X Friesian steers grazing grass/white clover swards.
Yarrow, N. H. +2 more
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Piata palisadegrass deferred in the fall: effects of initial height and nitrogen in the sward structure [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012 The objective of this study was to evaluate the mass of the forage and of the morphological components, and the sward structure in Piata palisadegrass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Piata) deferred in function of different initial heights and nitrogen levels.
Braulio Maia de Lana Sousa +7 more
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Effect of sward height and sheep breed on sward composition during summer grazing period [PDF]
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, 1995 The sward height could determine the intake of the herbivores and, at the same time, to affect to sward composition (Morris et al., 1994). If the foraging strategies is different among species could be also different among breeds of sheep (Milne, 1991).
Mantecón, Ángel R. +3 more
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Effect of Sward Height on Rumen Degradation in Merino Grazing Sheep [PDF]
Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972), 1993 It is now well established that the height of the sward grazed by sheep has a large effect on their performance (Hodgson, Mackie and Parker, 1986). However, there is a scarce of information about the rumen fermentation in sheep grazing at different sward heights.
Mantecón, Ángel R. +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Applied to grazing management, unmanned aerial systems (UASs) allow for the monitoring of vegetation at the level of each individual on the pasture while covering a significant area (>10 ha per flight).
Adrien Michez +5 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2012 This study evaluated the influence of Tanzania-grass sward height (30, 50, 70 and 90 cm) on the morphological characteristics of the canopy, grazing behavior and forage intake by adult Anglo Nubian female goats.
Aline Mendes Ribeiro +5 more
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Mapping and Monitoring of Biomass and Grazing in Pasture with an Unmanned Aerial System
Remote Sensing, 2019 The tools available to farmers to manage grazed pastures and adjust forage demand to grass growth are generally rather static. Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) are interesting versatile tools that can provide relevant 3D information, such as sward height ...
Adrien Michez +7 more
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Forage mass and structure of piatã grass deferred at different heights and variable periods
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012 The objective of this study was to determine the deferment period and the most adequate initial sward height of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Piatã for deferment in the region of Viçosa, Minas Gerais.
Hélio Henrique Vilela +7 more
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, 2020 In Switzerland, more than 80% of agricultural land consists of semi-natural grassland with a very diverse species composition and a heterogeneous growth pattern.
Sutter, Michael +2 more
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