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Pedreira,Carlos Guilherme Silveira; Rosseto,Frederico Alberto de Andrade; Silva,Sila Carneiro da; Nussio,Luiz Gustavo; Moreno,Leonardo Simões de Barros; Lima,Maria Lúcia Pereira; Leme,Paulo Roberto. |
The potential carrying capacity of tropical pastures depends not only on the productivity of the forage species and the amount of forage on offer, but also on the efficiency with which the produced herbage is harvested by the grazing animal. This study was conducted to assess the yield and grazing efficiency on 'Guaçu' elephantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) and 'Tanzania-1' guineagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq.) pastures under rotational stocking. Forage accumulation, daily accumulation rates, grazing losses, bulk density, and utilization efficiency were measured. Treatments (forages) were replicated four times in a completely randomized design. Total forage dry matter (DM) yield over 214 days of grazing were 23850 and 15000 kg ha-1, for the... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Losses due to grazing; Forage accumulation; Accumulation rates; Forage allowance. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162005000500004 |
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