The use of faecal NIRS to monitor diet quality different grazing systems in tropical savannas

摘要：

Nutrition is the major factor influencing animal production in grazing systems, however it is very difficult to monitor in extensive systems.This is especially so in northern Australia which has distinct wet and dry seasons,large paddocks with highly heterogeneous pastures and the likelihood for selective grazing.Faecal NIRS is one method to monitor diet quality in these extensive systems (Givens et al.,1997).Here we present data that illustrates the considerable seasonal differences in nutrition across four different grazing systems and discuss this in relation to collection methods and inter‐animal variation that occurs.

关键词： animal nutrition NIRS tropical savannas grazing systems

作者: A.White L.P.Hunt S.R.Petty D.P.Poppi Heytesbury Beef

作者单位: University of Queensland;CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems;PMB 44 Winnellie,N T,Australia 0828. PMB 44 Winnellie,N T,Australia 0828 University of Queensland CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）