This study aimed to investigate the bone development of two mountain sheep breeds during natural summer grazing either in the lowlands or on different characteristic alpine pastures. Pasture types differed in topographic slope, plant species composition, general nutritional feeding value, Ca and P content, and Ca:P ratio of herbage. Twenty-seven Engadine sheep (ES) lambs and 27 Valaisian Black ...

a study was conducted to determine the copper status of different classes of grazing sheep during twodifferent seasons on a farm located in southern punjab, pakistan. a complete free-choice supplement wasavailable to all animals throughout the year. soil, forage and blood plasma from animals were taken eighttimes during the year (2005) (four times in both summer and winter seasons). soil cu2+ w...

Pastoralists on the Tibetan alpine rangeland suffered great economic loss in cold season, due to serious live-weight loss of domestic livestock under traditional grazing management. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of dietary types (crude protein levels) on feed intakes, growth performance and economic returns of local Tibetan sheep and yaks during cold season. Twenty-four yearling Tibet...

In the mode of rotational grazing, herds sheep from 11 herdsmen were monitored in such aspects as plant yield grasslands, production process and corresponding market prices mutton, structure herd changes number, cost composition its change, value transfer among entities external chain within 15 months. On this basis, paper attempted to deconstruct relationship between above factors well model v...

Long-term livestock grazing has shaped landscapes, biodiversity, societies, cultures, and economies in the North Atlantic over time. However, overgrazing become a major environmental sustainability challenge for this region, covering Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Scotland. The objective of study was to elicit narratives spatial patterns local people’s management preferences sheep I...

Manure application to land and deposition of urine dung by grazing animals are major sources ammonia (NH3) nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Using data on NH3 N2O emissions following land-applied manures excreta deposited during grazing, emission factors (EFs) disaggregated climate zone were developed, the effects mitigation strategies evaluated. The represent from cattle swine in temperate wet cl...