grazing behavior as an indicator of nutritive value of feed and environment effect on cattle

J. B. Liang, W. H. Winter and R. M. Murray

Abstract

Vibracorders were used to study the grazing behaviour of cattle on four different types of pastures during the dry and early wet seasons in the seasonally dry tropics of Australia. Grazing time and periodicity of grazing gave a valuable guide to the response of the grazing cattle to the forage and ambient environment. The application of such a technique for animal production research under local situations is discussed.

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