An investigation on diet selection by sheep and goats in steppe regions of Yazd province,Iran

摘要：

A basic knowledge of palatable plant selection by observing grazing animals is essential to formulate a diet programme for sheep and goats.The objectives of this research are :1) to determine diet composition of sheep and goat in three different grazing periods.2) to find the best stage of forage quality by comparing the qualitative composition of important range species during three grazing periods.3) to determine forage intake by comparing the two methods of bite count ( Holechek et al.,1982).and direct time observation.

关键词： diet selection intake bite count direct observation palatability chemical compositions

作者: A.Rashtian M.Mesdaghi M.Amirkhani

作者单位: Department of Range Management,College of Natural Resources,University of Agricultural Sciences,Gorgan,Iran

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）