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Nutrition Of Sheep Grazing Foothill Big Game Range In Spring, Kurt J. Kotter
Nutrition Of Sheep Grazing Foothill Big Game Range In Spring, Kurt J. Kotter
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Sheep with esophageal fistulas were used to determine the daily intake, nutritive content and digestibility of forage at three periods and two stocking intensities during the spring of 1972 on a typical foothill range in northern Utah.
Heavy grazing under a season-long regime did not influence the concentrations of dietary chemical components when compared to moderate grazing; however, it did depress the digestibility of cellulose and organic matter. There was a significant decline in the dietary chemical components due to forage maturation. Digestibility of organic matter and cellulose were significantly higher in the early spring as compared to late spring. …