?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Mixed+grazing+with+heifers+and+pregnant+sows&rft.creator=S%C3%83%C2%B8egaard%2C+Karen&rft.creator=Sehested%2C+Jakob&rft.creator=Danielsen%2C+Viggo&rft.subject=+Pasture+and+forage+crops&rft.subject=+Pigs&rft.description=In+1999%2C+a+mixed+grazing+system+with+heifers+and+pregnant+sows+was+compared+with+grazing+systems+with+heifers+and+sows+alone.+Normally%2C+herbage+quality+used+for+sow+grazing+is+not+optimal+for+high+herbage+intake+and+it+was+therefore+examined+whether+mixed+grazing+with+heifers+could+improve+the+grazing+system.+Herbage+quality+and+botanical+composition+of+the+sward+was+best+in+swards+where+heifers+grazed+alone%2C+followed+by+swards+with+mixed+grazing+and+the+poorest+quality+and+composition+were+in+swards%2C+where+the+sows+grazed+alone.+The+daily+weight+gain+of+the+sows+tended+to+be+higher+and+the+weight+gain+of+the+heifers+was+significantly+higher+for+mixed+than+at+mono+grazing.+The+mixed+grazing+system+seems+to+be+a+usable+alternative+for+grazing+sowas.&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=source&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2973%2F1%2FSamgrasning.doc&rft.identifier=S%C3%83%C2%B8egaard%2C+Karen%3B+Sehested%2C+Jakob+and+Danielsen%2C+Viggo+(2000)+Mixed+grazing+with+heifers+and+pregnant+sows.+Grassland+Science+in+Europe%2C+5%2C+pp.+359-361.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2973%2F