Sheep’s intake behavior on different structures grass

Authors

  • Verônica Bandeira Ferreira
  • Leandro Ferreira Moreno
  • Ana Carolina Dalmaso
  • Cláudio Jonasson Mousquer
  • Amorésio Souza Silva Filho
  • Alvair Hoffmann
  • Tiago Adriano Simioni
  • Wanderson José Rodrigues de Castro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v8n10.1719

Keywords:

Ruminants. Animal behavior. Feeding habit. Forage. Animal Science.

Abstract

Sheep are gregarious animals and spend time with food intake inserted with one or more periods of rumination or leisure. The peaks of grazing and ruminating usually happen in the cooler hours of the day, keeping in idle at times of higher temperatures. These animals modify one or more components of their ingestive behavior seeking to overcome limiting conditions for their consumption and get the necessary amounts of nutrients for the maintenance and production. Thus, this review has as an objective to discuss these items that affect the sheep’s intake behavior at pasture. The feeding behavior study cooperates in solving problems related to the decrease in consumption in critical times for milk or meat, through of management practices, installation design and supply diet with quantity and quality.

Published

2015-09-08

Issue

Section

Produção animal

How to Cite

Sheep’s intake behavior on different structures grass. (2015). Pubvet, 8(10). https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v8n10.1719

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