The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK.

Research Output

Measuring daily food intake of foraging animals is essential if accurate feeding rations are to be implemented. The alkane technique, which has recently been validated in equines, now provides the opportunity to measure intake at pasture. The aims of this study were to determine the effects of herbage mass and grazing time allowance on dry matter intakes in mature donkeys in the UK. The effect of grazing time allowance on diet composition was also measured. Two study periods took place; period 1 when pasture was sparse (herbage mass 133.1

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Published
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The Donkey Sanctuary
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SF Animal culture

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/294599 <p>Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Muir, C. J., Oliver, J. & Cuddeford, D. (2006). The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. In Pearson, R. A., Muir, C. J. & Farrow, M. (Eds.)</p>

Citation

Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Muir, C. J., Oliver, J. & Cuddeford, D. (2006). The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. In Pearson, R. A., Muir, C. J. & Farrow, M. (Eds.)