FACTORS AFFECTING ANIMAL PRODUCTION : INTAKE AND UTILIZATION BY EWES GRAZING GRASS/CLOVER AND LUCERNE PASTURES

N.A. Thomson

doi:10.33584/jnzg.1977.39.1496

FACTORS AFFECTING ANIMAL PRODUCTION : INTAKE AND UTILIZATION BY EWES GRAZING GRASS/CLOVER AND LUCERNE PASTURES

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N.A. Thomson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1977.39.1496

Abstract

The total productivity from a ewe/lamb system on grass/clover and lucerne pastures stocked at 15 and 20 ewes/ha, respectively, over a 12-month period was compared. Intensive monitoring of yield, botanical, and chemical composition of total available and residual pasture enabled factors associated with production efficiency - i.e., intake and utilization - to be determined and factors critically affecting these identified.

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1977-01-01

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Volume 39, 1977, Palmerston North

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