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http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2012.12556

Effect of Restricted Grazing Time on the Foraging Behavior and Movement of Tan Sheep Grazed on Desert Steppe  

Chen, Yong (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
Luo, Hailing (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
Liu, Xueliang (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
Wang, Zhenzhen (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
Zhang, Yuwei (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
Liu, Kun (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
Jiao, Lijuan (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
Chang, Yanfei (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
Zuo, Zhaoyun (State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.26, no.5, 2013 , pp. 711-715 More about this Journal
Abstract
To investigate the effect of restricted grazing time on behavior of Tan sheep on desert steppe, forty 4-months old male Tan sheep with an original body weight (BW) of $15.62{\pm}0.33$ kg were randomly allocated to 4 grazing groups which corresponded to 4 different restricted grazing time treatments of 2 h/d (G2), 4 h/d (G4), 8 h/d (G8) and 12 h/d (G12) access to pasture. The restricted grazing times had a significant impact on intake time, resting time, ruminating time, bite rate and movement. As the grazing time decreased, the proportion of time spent on intake, bite rate and grazing velocity significantly (p<0.05) increased, but resting and ruminating time clearly (p<0.05) decreased. The grazing months mainly depicted effect on intake time and grazing velocity. In conclusion, by varying their foraging behavior, Tan sheep could improve grazing efficiency to adapt well to the time-limited grazing circumstance.
Keywords
Restricted Grazing Time; Foraging Behavior; Tan Sheep; Movement; Desert Steppe;
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