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Dietary preferences of domestic ruminants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

S. M. Rutter ,
P. D. Penning ,
A. J. Parsons ,
A. Harvey  and
R. J. Orr
S. M. Rutter
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB
P. D. Penning
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB
A. J. Parsons
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB
A. Harvey
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB
R. J. Orr
Affiliation:
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB
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To develop sustainable grazing systems, an understanding of the complex interactions between competing plant species and grazing herbivores is needed. An understanding of dietary preference is a prerequisite to predicting how much and from which plant species animals select. This work initially concentrated on dietary preferences of sheep grazing perennial ryegrass and white clover swards and was then extended to other animal species to test the generality of our findings.

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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 20: Animal Choices , 1997 , pp. 96 - 97
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1997

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