Spörndly, Eva
- Institutionen för tillämpad husdjursvetenskap och välfärd, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
The aim was to develop grazing regimes that combined the preservation of biodiversity in semi-natural grasslands with maintained animal production in circumstances where, in the future, there might be a shortage of grazing animals. A long-term multidisciplinary experiment was started to compare a conventional grazing regime with two alternatives, one in which fewer animals maintain the same area of grassland (grazing every second year), and other that promotes biodiversity of late-flowering species (late grazing). Three experimental years have been completed with the three grazing regimes using 23-29 steers. The weight gains of animals during the first two experimental years were similar in the three treatment groups, between 0.59 and 0.64 kg animal-1 day-1, but a lower weight gain of 0.47 kg animal?1 day?1 was observed in the late grazing group during the third year.
Nyckelord
semi-natural pastures; grazing; cattle; preference
Publicerad i
Grassland Science in Europe
2004, volym: 9, nummer: 9, sidor: 593-595
Titel: Land use systems in grassland dominated regions. Proceedings of the 20th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation
SLU författare
UKÄ forskningsämne
Husdjursvetenskap
Veterinärmedicin
Publikationens identifierare
- ISBN: 3-7281-2940-2
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/4403