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Biblioteca(s): 	Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos.	
Data corrente: 	17/09/1998	
Data da última atualização: 	12/07/2017	
Autoria: 	PFISTER, J. A.; MALECHEK, J. C.	
Título: 	Dietary selection by goats and sheep in a deciduous woodland of Northeastern Brazil.	
Ano de publicação: 	1986	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	Journal of Range Management, v. 39, n. 1, p. 25-30, Jan. 1986.	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Conteúdo: 	The dietary botanical composition of indegenous sheep and goats was determined in the semiarid tropics of northeastern Brazil, using esophageally fistulated animals. Sheep and goats selected similar diets during the dry season(May-Dec.). Main dietary components for both species were dried forbs and browse. Leaf litter from the deciduous trees provided the majority of dry season forage(500-1,500Kg/ha) and was a crucial element of dry season diets(20-70%). During the wet season(Jan.-Apr.), sheep selected mainly grasses and forbs, while goats rapidly shifted among grasses, forbs, and browse. By displaying attributes of both browsers and grazers, neither sheep nor goats conformed to traditionally rigid characterization. We found no indication that goats are betteradapted for survival in this tropical environment than are sheep because of the botanical composition of their diets. Management implications of this study for the caatinga vegetation zone are discussed.	
Palavras-Chave: 	Brasil; Ceara.	
Thesagro: 	Caprino; Composição botânica; Nutrição animal; Ovino.	
Thesaurus Nal: 	Animal feeding; Brazil; Diet; Goats; Sheep.	
Categoria do assunto: 	L Ciência Animal e Produtos de Origem Animal	
Registro original: 	Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos (CNPC)	
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