Grazing behaviour, intake, digestion, performance and endoparasitic infection of lambs raised at different stocking rates under low-input farming systems
Abstract:Twenty-four Boutsiko breed lambs were allocated to three groups of equal average live weight (LW: 20.8 kg) and pastured at three stocking rates: SR1, SR2 and SR3 (representing 60, 80 and 100 lambs/ha respectively) under low-input farming practices. Animals were grazed on a semi natural sward daily, during a 60 days period. Sward height in all treatments remained above 7 cm during the trial and the herbage gross chemical composition was similar between treatments. On average, the lambs grazed 372 min, ruminated… Show more
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