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| Sehested, Jakob; Monrad, J.; Søegaard, Karen; Danielsen, Viggo. |
| The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of mixed grazing with first season heifers and pregnant sows on animal performance, gastro-intestinal helminths, pasture quality and sward structure during three grazing seasons. This presentation will focus on results from 1999, primarily regarding performance and parasitosis in heifers. There have been no earlier reports on such mixed grazing systems. Three grazing systems were studied in replicate: 1) Heifers grazing alone; 2) sows grazing alone; 3) heifers grazing together with sows. The heifers were inoculated with low doses of infective O.ostertagi larvae at turn-out. Continuous grazing was practised in paddocks regulated in size according to herbage allowance. Individual weight gain, faecal egg... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/97/1/Microsoft_Word_%2D_Handout_EAAP_2000.pdf |
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