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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos.
Data corrente: | 12/07/2017
Data da última atualização: | 12/07/2017
Autoria: | GADE, A. E.; PROVENZA, F. D.
Título: | Nutrition of sheep grazing crested wheatgrass versus crested wheatgrass-shrub pastures during winter.
Ano de publicação: | 1986
Fonte/Imprenta: | Journal of Range Management, v. 39, n. 6, p. 527-530, Nov. 1986.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Abstract: Grazing sheep on improved pastures during winter offers an economically attractive alternative to supplementation in sage-brush steppe ecosystems. We studied diet selection and nutrition of sheep grazing in crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) and crested wheatgrass-shrub (Kochia prostrata, Atriplex canescens, Purshia tridentata, Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Ceratoides lanata) pastures during early-January (period 1), mid-January (period 2), and late-January (period 3). Diet selection by esophageally fistulated sheep differed during each of the 3 periods because the amount of available forage changed with snow depth, trampling, and utilization. Sheep grazing crested wheatgrass (CW) pastures consumed diets that were about 55% mature grass and 45% green vegetative growth during periods 1 and 2, and 93% mature grass and 7% green vegetative growth during period 3. Sheep grazing crested wheatgrass-shrub (CWS) pastures consumed diets that were about one-half grass and one-half shrub during all periods. Organic matter intake (g ? kg ${\rm BW}^{-.075}$), determined from total fecal output and in vitro digestibility estimates, were higher (P = 0.036) for sheep grazing CWS pastures than for sheep grazing CW pastures during periods 1 (38 vs. 28) and 3 (31 vs. 27), but were similar (P<0.10) during period 2 (28 vs. 26). Diets of sheep grazing CWS pastures contained more (P = 0.002) crude protein (%) than diets of sheep grazing CW pastures during periods 1 (9.0 vs. 5.8), 2 (7.3 vs. 6.6), and 3 (7.9 vs. 4.6). In vitro organic matter digestibilities (%) of diets of sheep in CW and CWS pastures were similar during period 1 (45 vs. 48), but higher (P = 0.001) for sheep grazing in CW pastures during periods 2 (46 vs. 29) and 3 (32 vs. 24). We stocked pastures heavily to accentuate differences between sheep diets in CW and CWS pastures during period 1-3; we believe results from period 1 best represent the potential nutritional benefits of shrubs on snowy winter ranges.
Palavras-Chave: | Growth; Rumen digestion; Vegetative stage; Winter crops.
Thesaurus Nal: | Animal nutrition; Forage; Pastures; Sheep; Shrubs; Snow.
Categoria do assunto: | L Ciência Animal e Produtos de Origem Animal
Registro original: | Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos (CNPC)
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