Effects of space allowance on the grazing behaviour and spacing of sheep

In each of two experiments, four groups of 10 female Scottish Blackface sheep grazed for 2 weeks at each of four space allowances, according to a Greco-Latin Square design. Space allowances were 80, 100, 133 or 200 m 2 per head in Experiment 1 and 50, 67, 100 or 200 m 2 per head in Experiment 2. Con...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied animal behaviour science 2000-11, Vol.70 (1), p.49-62
Hauptverfasser:	Sibbald, A.M, Shellard, L.J.F, Smart, T.S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal spacing Behaviour Grazing Nearest neighbour distance Neutral zone Sheep-feeding and nutrition Social behaviour Space allowance
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