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Methods to determine forage intake by lambs on Italian ryegrass/Metodos para determinacao do consumo de forragem por cordeiras em pastagem de azevem
This study was conducted to evaluate the use of chromium oxide and the content of fecal nitrogen to estimate forage intake by female lambs on Italian ryegrass pasture. The pasture was managed under different forage allowances (FA): 6, 9 and 12% BW. The experiment was a randomized split-split plot de...
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Published in: | Acta scientiarum. Animal sciences 2015-10, Vol.37 (4), p.365 |
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Language: | Spanish |
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Summary: | This study was conducted to evaluate the use of chromium oxide and the content of fecal nitrogen to estimate forage intake by female lambs on Italian ryegrass pasture. The pasture was managed under different forage allowances (FA): 6, 9 and 12% BW. The experiment was a randomized split-split plot design, in which the forage allowances were considered as main plots, the phenological stages as subplots and methods to determine intake as sub-subplots. Forage intake, in the ryegrass vegetative stage, is independent of forage allowance. Lower allowances limit forage intake from the pre-flowering stage, while at the reproductive stage, intake was lower in FA6, intermediate in FA9 and higher in FA12. The estimation of organic matter intake by lambs on Italian ryegrass is similar when chromium oxide and fecal nitrogen are used as markers. The forage intake according to forage allowances depends on the sward structure and is limited by high stem mass at the end of the phenological cycle. Keywords: Lolium multiflorum Lam., fecal nitrogen, lambs, chromium oxide, intermittent grazing. Este experimento foi realizado para mensurar a ingestao de forragem por cordeiras, em pastagem de azevem, utilizando o oxido de cromo e o teor de nitrogenio fecal. A pastagem foi manejada sob distintas ofertas de forragem (OF): 6, 9 e 12% do PC. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, com estrutura de parcelas sub subdivididas, sendo as ofertas de forragem as parcelas principais, os estadios fenologicos, as subparcelas e os metodos de determinagao da ingestao as sub sub-parcelas. A ingestao nos estadios vegetativo do azevem independe da oferta de forragem. As menores ofertas limitam a ingestao de forragem a partir do pre-florescimento enquanto no estadio reprodutivo do azevem a ingestao e menor na OF6, intermediaria na OF9 e maior OF 12. A estimativa da ingestao de materia organica por cordeiras em pastagem de azevem e similar quando sao utilizados o oxido de cromo e o nitrogenio fecal como marcadores. A ingestao de forragem em fungao das ofertas de forragem e dependente da estrutura do dossel e e limitada no final do ciclo do pasto em fungao da elevada massa de colmos. Palavras-chave: Lolium multiflorum Lam., nitrogenio fecal, ovinos, oxido de cromo, pastejo intermitente. |
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ISSN: | 1806-2636 |
DOI: | 10.4025/actascianimsci.v37i4.28051 |