Foraging behaviour of sheep at pasture with different types of paddock

Foraging behaviour of sheep at pasture with different types of paddock

This experiment was designed to study the foraging behaviour of ewes on a pasture with paddocks with three different types of vegetation, herbaceous (n = 3), woody (n = 2), and semi open (n = 1). Forty sheep were bred on a farm in the Karst region of Slovenia. Ten sheep were focally observed during...

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Main Authors: Manja ZUPAN, Danijela BOJKOVSKI, Ivan ŠTUHEC, Dragomir KOMPAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2010-12-01
Series:Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
Subjects:
sheep
animal behaviour
ethology
grazing
pastures
paddocks
Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14721

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