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Foraging behaviour of sheep at pasture with different types of paddock

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العنوان: Foraging behaviour of sheep at pasture with different types of paddock
المؤلفون: Manja ZUPAN, Danijela BOJKOVSKI, Ivan ŠTUHEC, Dragomir KOMPAN
المصدر: Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, Vol 96, Iss 2 (2010)
بيانات النشر: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani), 2010.
سنة النشر: 2010
المجموعة: LCC:Agriculture
مصطلحات موضوعية: sheep, animal behaviour, ethology, grazing, pastures, paddocks, Agriculture
الوصف: This experiment was designed to study the foraging behaviour of ewes on a pasture with paddocks with three different types of vegetation, herbaceous (n = 3), woody (n = 2), and semi open (n = 1). Forty sheep were bred on a farm in the Karst region of Slovenia. Ten sheep were focally observed during day light (5 a.m.–9 p.m.). Ewes were observed for 2 days in each paddock with one rotation, so 12 days in total. Grazing time, circadian rhythm of grazing, drinking frequency, and frequency of salt consumption were the observed behaviours. On average, ewes grazed for 10.5 hours a day (mean ± SD = 626.2 ± 47.2 min), with a significant difference between individual variation (P
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
Slovenian
تدمد: 1854-1941
87596253
Relation: https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14721; https://doaj.org/toc/1854-1941
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/1d22bf0628ce48fe95bf87596253c6eb
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.1d22bf0628ce48fe95bf87596253c6eb
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
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تدمد:18541941
87596253