?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+ranging+ability+of+sasso+chickens+grown+under+various+types+of+agroecosystems&rft.creator=Escobin%2C+Jr.%2C+Dr+Rectorino&rft.creator=Bondoc%2C+Dr.+Orville&rft.creator=Lambio%2C+Dr.+Angel&rft.creator=Arboleda%2C+Dr.+Cecilio&rft.creator=Dagaas%2C+Dr.+Claire&rft.subject=+Farming+Systems&rft.subject=+Poultry&rft.description=The+ranging+ability+of+Sasso+chicken+was+estimated+using+the+ranging+score+as+an+indicator.++The+chickens+were+allowed+to+range+in+three+agro-ecosystems+namely%2C+rice-based%2C+rambutan+orchard+and+grassland.++The+ranging+score+was+significantly+higher+in+rambutan+orchard+with+52+m-hr+followed+by+the+ranging+score+in+grassland+with+48+m-hr.++The+ranging+score+was+lowest+in+rice-based+agroecosystem.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+differences+in+the+ranging+score+among+agroecosystem+can+be+attributed+mainly+to+the+presence+of+trees+as+shade%2C+the+soil+type%2C+and+the+predominant+weed+species+in+each+agroecosystem.++It+was+found+that+the+higher+the+ranging+score%2C+the+more+the+chicken+used+their+daytime+for+the+ranging+acts+i.e.+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9Ckahig+at+tuka%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs+a+result+of+ranging%2C+there+was+a+net+decrease+in+weed+biomass+in+all+of+the+three+agroecosystems.++This+was+indicative+of+the+chickens+feeding+on+the+weeds.++The+chickens+showed+preference+for+succulent+and+indeterminate+grass+species+and+rejection+of+paragrass+and+broad+leaf+weed+species.%0D%0A&rft.date=2001-12&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=source&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2215%2F1%2FEscobin_et_al_2001_The_ranging_ability.doc&rft.identifier=Escobin%2C+Jr.%2C+Dr+Rectorino%3B+Bondoc%2C+Dr.+Orville%3B+Lambio%2C+Dr.+Angel%3B+Arboleda%2C+Dr.+Cecilio+and+Dagaas%2C+Dr.+Claire+(2001)+The+ranging+ability+of+sasso+chickens+grown+under+various+types+of+agroecosystems.+Philippine+Journal+of+Veterinary+and+Animal+Sciences%2C+28+(2)%2C+pp.+1-6.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2215%2F