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The estimation of the intake of grazing sheep I. Establishment of faecal nitrogen regressions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. E. Vercoe
Affiliation:
Animal Husbandry Research Centre, Werribee, Victoria
G. R. Pearce
Affiliation:
Animal Husbandry Research Centre, Werribee, Victoria
D. E. Tribe
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, University of Melbourne, Victoria

Extract

1. Regression equations for the ratio of organic matter (O.M.) feed intake to O.M. faecal output on faecal N%, and the N% in the O.M. intake on faecal N% were established over a 52-week period by feeding caged Corriedale wethers on pasture cut from a Wimmera rye-grass (Lolium rigidum Gaud.), subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) sward in a Mediterranean-type environment.

2. The regression equations and their application to grazing sheep together with the relation between O.M. intake and faecal N, are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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