TY  - GEN
ID  - orgprints2973
UR  - http://orgprints.org/2973/
A1  - Søegaard, Karen
A1  - Sehested, Jakob
A1  - Danielsen, Viggo
Y1  - 2000///
N2  - In 1999, a mixed grazing system with heifers and pregnant sows was compared with grazing systems with heifers and sows alone. Normally, 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, followed by swards with mixed grazing and the poorest quality and composition were in swards, 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.
KW  - Mixed grazing; heifers; sows; botanical composition
TI  - Mixed grazing with heifers and pregnant sows
SP  - 359
AV  - public
EP  - 361
ER  -