Border effects on cattle grazing preference (Session 5:13-14)

EFECTOS DE BORDE EN PREFERENCIAS DE GANADO PASTOREADORB

Shewmaker, G.E. and Mayland, H.F. and Hansen, S.B. (2000) Border effects on cattle grazing preference (Session 5:13-14). In: Christie, B.R. (ed.) XVIII Int'l Grassld. Cong. Canada-SK-Winnepeg, Manatoba, and Saskatoon, 1997/06/08-19.

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Abstract

The objective was to examine the effect of row position on cattle
grazing preference. Grazing preference of eight tall fescues [Festuca
arundinacea (Schreb.)] was evaluated by ocular preference scores
at 30 hr (PS30) and 48 hr (PS48). Six rows of a cultivar—numbered
consecutively within each plot from left to right—formed one plot.
Rows 1&6 were on the outside edges of the plot and rows 3&4 were
in the middle. Within a replication, rows 1 and 6 were adjacent to
rows 6 and I of adjacent plots, respectively. During the first year,
row position was not a significant effect. However, in the second
year, preference for middle rows was significantly higher than the
outer pairs of rows—rows 2&5 and 1&6. This could have been a
result of the animals' ability to distinguish preferred cultivars in the
middle of the plot because of more distinct olfactory and visual cues.
Row position was important in experimental design because of an
interaction with animal behaviour.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
NWISRL Publication Number:	1002
Additional Information:	B. R. Christie was the Chair, not the editor. Published on CD-ROM
Subjects:	Animal > Feed preference Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User:	Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2010 21:56
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2016 17:40
Item ID:	924
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/924