Dietary selection of sheep grazing the semi-arid grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China at different grazing intensities.

A, Schiborra; M, Gierus; HW, Wan; T, Glindemann; CJ, Wang; A, Susenbeth; F, Taube

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0396.2009.00928.x

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Dietary selection of sheep grazing the semi-arid grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China at different grazing intensities.

Published in Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition • Aug 3, 2009

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Schiborra A

Gierus M

Wan HW

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate dietary selection of sheep grazing semi-arid grassland in Inner Mongolia, China, using the difference in organic matter digestibility (OMD) of herbage ingested and herbage on offer as indicator for selection. Faecal N was used as digestibility index for...

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