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Thirty-four 2-year-old ewes, of which 17 were native (Chokla) and 17 were Avivastra (Chokla 67.5%×32.5% Rambouillet) breeds of similar body weights, were selected. Both groups were maintained under the same management conditions with 8 hours daily grazing. In addition to grazing, each ewe received 300 g/day of a concentrate mixture comprising crude protein 20% and 70% total digestible nutrients. The ewes of both breeds were not mated during the study. The daily environmental parameters were recorded throughout the year, consisting of four main seasons, namely rainy, winter, spring and summer. Blood samples were collected into heparinized tubes during the morning hours for seasonal studies via indwelling jugular vein catheters to avoid stress to the animals, but for the diurnal studies the sampling was done twice daily at 07:00 and 17:00 continuously for three days in each season. Cortisol, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) were estimated in the samples. The T4 and T3 profiles were maximal in the summer, followed by the rainy season in both groups, with no significant differences. However, the cortisol in both the groups was maximal during the spring rather than the summer. No significant differences were found in T3 concentration between morning and afternoon in any season in the native ewes but these animals showed significantly higher levels of T4 in the morning. The opposite was true for the crossbred animals with regard to both the T3 and T4 profiles. Significantly more cortisol was found in the evening than in the morning in both genetic groups in all seasons. 相似文献
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The time budgets and daily milk yield of Jersey and Friesland cows and their crosses were compared in a pasture-based system by recording the time spent grazing, drinking, lying, standing and walking in four seasons of the year (cool-dry, hot-dry, hot-wet and post-rainy). Observations were made from 0800 to 1400 hours on seven cows per breed. Seven observers monitored the cows at 10-min intervals for 6?h using stop watches. Time spent standing was higher (P??0.05) across the genotypes in the hot-wet season. In the cool-dry season, differences in time spent grazing (P??0.05) in the same season. The Jersey cows spent the longest time walking (P?相似文献
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Data on adult body weight of ewes belonging to Nali, Chokla breeds and their crosses (F1) with Rambouillet and Soviet Merino raised under semi-arid conditions in India were analysed. The ewes belonged to 5 distinct age groups ranging from 16.5 to 64 months. Nali and Chokla were significant lighter than all the 4 crossbred groups. There were no significant differences in body weight between crossbred groups except in the case of Soviet Merino x Chokla group which was the lightest and differed significantly from all other groups. Rambouillet crosses were heavier than Merino crosses but the difference was statistically significant only on Rambouillet x Chokla and Merino x Chokla. The improvement in body weight in crossbreds over native sheep ranged between 9.3 and 21.88%. The increase in live weight was significant only up to 49 months. 相似文献
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1. We examined the effect of density (5, 7, 9 and 11 birds/m2) and season (summerand winter; different hens each season) on stress and behaviour in two flocks of 64 broiler breeder females divided among 8 pens. 2. The hens, approximately the same age and body mass in each season, were maintained on hard-packed ground, without litter, in an open-sided chicken house and were offered the same amount of food each season. 3. Mean house max/min temperatures varied between 18 and 33 degrees C in summer and 7 and 17 degrees C in winter. Mean relative humidity in summer varied between 68% at 08:00 h and 42% at 14:00 h and in winter was 64% at 08:00 h and 47% at 14:00 h. 4. No difference was found in heterophil:lymphocyte ratios among densities and between seasons; however, basophil numbers were higher in winter than in summer indicating prolonged stress in winter. 5. Stereotyped pecking increased with an increase in density and was higher in winter than in summer. Pecking on the ground was higher in winter, but was not affected by density. 6. In summer the hens spent more time lying and eating than in winter, whereas in winter the hens spent more time walking, preening and drinking than in summer. They spent the same amount of time standing in both seasons. None of these behaviours was density dependent. 7. We conclude that season had more of an effect than density on stress and behaviour in broiler breeder hens under the conditions of our study. 相似文献
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Johnson AK Lonergan SM Busby WD Shouse SC Maxwell DL Harmon JD Honeyman MS 《Journal of animal science》2011,89(6):1893-1898
The use of hoop barns as an alternative housing system for beef cattle has not been widely researched. The objectives of this study were to determine the main effects of behavior of steers 1) over winter and summer, 2) when housed in either a hoop barn or a conventional feedlot, and 3) interactions between season and housing system. A total of 960 crossbred Bos taurus steers were used [August 2006 to April 2008 (2 winter and 2 summer trials)]. Steers were housed in either 1 deep-bedded hoop barn (n = 12 pens; 4.65 m(2)/steer) or 1 open feedlot with shelter (n = 12 pens; 14.7 m(2)/steer). Steers were ear tagged, implanted, and weighed (414 ± 36 kg) on arrival and allotted to treatments that were balanced for source, BW, and hide color. Behavioral data (3 postures and 2 behaviors) were collected using a 10-min live scan. The experimental unit for behavior was a pen of steers. Behavioral data were arcsine transformed to achieve a normal distribution. There were no (P > 0.05) differences for time spent at bunk or waterer for steers between housing treatments. Steers housed in an open feedlot with shelter spent less time lying and more time standing and walking (P < 0.05) compared with steers housed in a hoop barn. There were no (P = 0.32) differences between seasons for standing. Steers spent more time at the bunk (P < 0.0001) and waterer (P < 0.0001) in the summer compared with the winter. In the winter, steers engaged in more lying (P = 0.0002) and walking (P < 0.0001). Overall, steers stood less (P = 0.006) and spent more time lying (P = 0.024) when housed in a hoop barn than in the open feedlot with shelter regardless of season. Steers housed in the open feedlot with shelter walked more (P < 0.0001) than steers housed in the hoop barn and walked more (P < 0.0001) in winter than in summer months (6 vs. 3%). There were no (P > 0.05) differences in time spent at bunk and waterer between housing systems within season, but time spent at the waterer and bunk decreased (P < 0.05) for both housing systems during the winter. In conclusion, housing 40 steers per pen in a cornstalk-bedded hoop barn at 4.65 m(2)/steer does not result in adverse behavioral alterations and can be considered as a housing alternative for finishing steers in the Midwestern United States when compared with steers fed in an open feedlot with shelter provided. 相似文献
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Brosh A Henkin Z Ungar ED Dolev A Orlov A Yehuda Y Aharoni Y 《Journal of animal science》2006,84(7):1951-1967
This study with grazing beef cows on the range was designed to explore the possibility of determining incremental energy expenditure (EE) in standing, traveling, and grazing relative to that in lying down, by means of continuous monitoring of EE, location, and activity by the heart-rate method, with Global Positioning System (GPS) collars, and by motion sensors in the GPS collars, respectively. Cows were observed on Mediterranean foothill rangeland covered with herbaceous vegetation through 4 seasons of the year. There were 2 stocking rate treatments, and 14 statistical models were evaluated, including one that was a stepwise model. Total daily EE (TEE) was affected by many interdependent factors apart from activity, including season, stocking rate, herbage quality, standing biomass, and reproductive state of the cow. Each model included all activity variables, plus some of the other factors. Across seasons and treatments TEE, in kJ/(kg of BW(0.75) . d), ranged from 469 in densely stocked, nonlactating cows in June to 1,092 in sparsely stocked, lactating cows in April. The cows' daily vertical and horizontal movements ranged from 75 to 174 m and from 1.5 to 4.2 km, respectively. Within a day, time spent traveling (without grazing) ranged from 0 to 32 min, and grazing time ranged from 4.4 to 12.1 h. Cows spent less time grazing (P < 0.001) in the summer, when herbage quality was low, than in winter and spring. Relative to the baseline EE while lying down, the daily increment incurred by grazing ranged from 13 to 48 kJ/(kg of BW(0.75) . d), and that incurred by grazing, standing, and traveling combined ranged from 38 to 74 kJ/(kg of BW(0.75) . d) or 5.8 to 11.4% of TEE. In conclusion, the estimates of activity costs yielded by 11 of the models were similar to one another, whereas those yielded by the stepwise model and the remaining 2 models were 20% smaller. The cost of grazing activity was estimated to be 6.14 J/(kg of BW(0.75) . m), and that of locomotion during grazing was 6.07 J/(kg of BW(0.75) . m), which agree with values obtained for animals and humans by means of a treadmill. The experimental and statistical approach tested here yielded fairly reliable estimations of energy costs of activities in grazing cows. 相似文献
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Cristiane Gonçalves TITTO Evaldo Antonio Lencioni TITTO Rafael Martins TITTO Gerson Barreto MOURÃO 《Animal Science Journal》2011,82(4):591-600
The objectives were to assess the degree of thermolysis capacity as a characteristic of heat tolerance of the Simmental beef cattle and evaluate the effects of shade and shade type (artificial: AS, trees: TS, or no shade: NS) on daily behavior patterns during summer. Black globe temperature (BGT) was different under the two types of shade (P < 0.05) and was lower under the TS (P < 0.01) and under AS (P > 0.01) than average BGT in the sun. Animals when in AS used more intensely the shade (P = 0.002) mostly lying down under it (10.00–14.00 hours), while time standing was similar (P = 0.107) between TS and NS. Bulls without shade (NS) spent significantly more time at the water trough and most part of the day standing idle (72.4%, 10.1 h/14 h). TS bulls spent more time grazing/standing (P < 0.001). The Simmental bulls that were in TS and AS spent more time ruminating than bulls that stay without shade (NS). The availability of shade changes grazing, rumination and idling behavior of cattle in response to environmental conditions. Shade provided by trees can be more efficient than artificial shading as cattle spent more time grazing when tree shade was available. Thermolysis capacity can be used to select heat‐tolerant animals. 相似文献
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2004年8、9和11月份在青海省三角城种羊场夏、秋、冬三季牧场研究了牦牛的昼牧食行为。结果表明:牦牛在夏季草场的昼采食时间最长,平均为(337.45±39.96)min,在秋季和冬季草场的平均昼采食时间分别为(301.82±27.91)min和(304.57±12.24)min。另外,在夏季草场没有观测到牦牛的昼卧息和反刍行为。其主要原因是在夏季草场牛羊放牧压力过大,草地不能为牦牛提供足够的饲草,故牦牛延长采食时间以获取最大量的饲草,因此用于其他行为的时间相对减少。牦牛在秋冬季草场的昼反刍时间分别为(86.22±14.24)min和(53.84±13.93)min,秋季草场高于冬季草场。牦牛在秋季草场的昼站立和游走时间也高于夏季草场和冬季草场。其主要原因是由于秋季草场草产量丰富,质量较好。由于冬季草场气候寒冷,牧草枯黄,质量降低,牦牛的昼卧息时间最长。 相似文献
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G. Steinheim L.A. Nordheim R.B. Weladji I.J. Gordon T. Ådnøy Ø. Holand 《Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Sciences》2013,63(1):16-20
In the present study, the foraging behaviour of ewes from three common Norwegian sheep breeds; the long-tailed Dala sheep, and the two short-tailed breeds Spæl sheep and Norwegian Fur sheep was studied. Based on difference in body size and digestive anatomy, we expected the lighter short-tailed ewes to browse more on woody plants than the Dala ewes. The experiments were conducted during two consecutive summers within the flocks’ usual grazing areas, and we sampled the proportion of grazing time that ewes spent feeding on woody plant species. We tested the hypothesis by applying generalized linear mixed models to the feeding behaviour data. As predicted, the short-tailed ewes spent substantially more of their grazing time browsing on trees, bushes and heather compared to the Dala ewes. We discuss the results in the context of maintaining the, now threatened, pastoral landscapes of mountainous regions of Norway; short-tailed breeds should be more effective than the Dala breed in reducing tree and bush encroachment, but more detailed studies are needed to quantify the breed differences in this respect. 相似文献
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选取6只2.5岁体重相近而且健康的内蒙古白绒山羊(羯羊、母羊各3只),置于1hrm2人工羊草草地围栏内放牧以观察春、夏、秋、冬四季放牧山羊的行为节律、牧食行为,并计算每天干物质采食量.结果表明:抽穗期羊优先采食草穗,春季过后穗的残余率仅有4.4％;采食速度表现为夏季＞秋季＞春、冬季(P＜0.05);采食时间占方面时间的比例表现为春、秋＞冬、夏季.每口采食量的季节变化趋势大体为春、夏、冬＞秋季(P＜0.05);夏季羊的日采食量最高,其次为春、秋,冬季采食量最低(P＜0.05);同一季节内羯羊的日采食量始终高于母羊(P＜0.05);春、夏、秋季放牧山羊均有3个进食高峰,分别发生在出牧后约0.5h、午后约0.5h、归牧前2h左右,上午采食量低于下午(P＜0.05).冬季一般上午、下午各一个采食高峰;本试验未发现放牧绒山羊扒食草根的现象,但在卧倒休息或反刍前有扒草、扒土整理休息地的习性,未发现放牧山羊行为节律和采食速度的性别差异. 相似文献
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Morten Tofastrud Hilde Hegnes Olivier Devineau Barbara Zimmermann 《Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Sciences》2018,68(1):39-47
The aims of this study were to: 1) build a model to classify cattle activities based on locomotion and neck movement data and 2) study the daily time budget of non-native beef cattle in the boreal forest of southeastern Norway. We used GPS collars programmed to take positions and activity measures every five minutes on 18 cows during the grazing seasons 2015–17, together with behavioural observations in the field. The model classified the collar data into Grazing, Low (resting behaviours) and High (other active behaviours) activity with an accuracy of 79.4%. The cows spent 8.1?±?0.5 (mean?±?SD) hours per day grazing, corresponding to 34%?±?0.5% of their daily time budget. Daily grazing time increased during summer and was longer for lactating than dry cows and at low compared to high stocking density. 相似文献
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Campbell AJ Croser EL Milne ME Hodge PJ Webb Ware JK 《Australian veterinary journal》2012,90(6):235-239
Background Several outbreaks of goitre, considered to be related to iodine deficiency, occurred in sheep flocks throughout Victoria in 2010. Objective We describe one outbreak in Merino–Border Leicester‐cross ewes and their lambs in north‐east Victoria that appeared to be associated with increased rainfall and pasture growth, particularly during the preceding summer and autumn. Results The outbreak was characterised by a four‐fold increase in neonatal lamb deaths and goitre, alopecia and poor skeletal development in the lambs. Most cases occurred in lambs born to 2‐year‐old crossbred ewes that had grazed long, lush perennial pastures throughout their entire pregnancy, whereas few cases occurred in mature crossbred or Merino ewes that had grazed shorter, annual pastures on hill country for 3 weeks in late pregnancy but were otherwise managed similarly. Conclusion Existing recommendations for south‐eastern Australia are that only spring‐lambing ewes in iodine‐deficient areas require iodine supplementation to prevent goitre in years with high autumn–winter rainfall. Aspects of this outbreak suggest that ewes lambing at other times of the year and grazing abundant pasture for prolonged periods may also require supplementation to prevent goitre, even if autumn–winter rainfall does not exceed previously established thresholds. 相似文献
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贺兰山野化牦牛冬季昼间行为的时间分配 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
在2009年12月～2010年1月,采用瞬时扫描法和所有事件取样法对贺兰山国家级自然保护区的野化牦牛的冬季行为进行了研究。结果表明,在整个观察期内野化牦牛的各种行为具有较强的规律性,活动时间的分配比例为移动17.31%、站立16.15%、取食34.93%、反刍5.58%、卧息16.53%、其他9.52%。野化牦牛的取食行为在1d内有2个高峰期（9：00～11：00、15：00～17：00）,而野化牦牛的卧息行为的高峰期则出现在13：00～15：00,反刍行为的高峰期在13：00～14：00,牦牛的卧息和反刍行为有部分重叠。牦牛的其他行为在1d中的发生较为随机。年龄因素对野化牦牛冬季昼间的各种行为影响不显著,性别因素对牦牛冬季昼间取食行为和其他行为影响显著,对其余行为影响不显著。 相似文献
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Juan Daniel Jiménez-Rosales Ricardo Daniel Améndola-Massiotti Juan Andrés Burgueño-Ferreira Rodolfo Ramírez-Valverde Pedro Topete-Pelayo Maximino Huerta-Bravo 《Tropical animal health and production》2018,50(3):531-536
This study aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that mixed sequential grazing of dairy cows and breeding ewes is beneficial. During the seasons of spring–summer 2013 and autumn–winter 2013–2014, 12 (spring–summer) and 16 (autumn–winter) Holstein Friesian cows and 24 gestating (spring–summer) and lactating (autumn–winter) Pelibuey ewes grazed on six (spring–summer) and nine (autumn–winter) paddocks of alfalfa and orchard grass mixed pastures. The treatments “single species cow grazing” (CowG) and “mixed sequential grazing with ewes as followers of cows” (MixG) were evaluated, under a completely randomized design with two replicates per paddock. Herbage mass on offer (HO) and residual herbage mass (RH) were estimated by cutting samples. The estimate of herbage intake (HI) of cows was based on the use of internal and external markers; the apparent HI of ewes was calculated as the difference between HO (RH of cows) and RH. Even though HO was higher in CowG, the HI of cows was higher in MixG during spring–summer and similar in both treatments during autumn–winter, implying that in MixG the effects on the cows HI of higher alfalfa proportion and herbage accumulation rate evolving from lower residual herbage mass in the previous cycle counteracted that of a higher HO in CowG. The HI of ewes was sufficient to enable satisfactory performance as breeding ewes. Thus, the benefits of mixed sequential grazing arose from higher herbage accumulation, positive changes in botanical composition, and the achievement of sheep production without negative effects on the herbage intake of cows. 相似文献
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Ingestive behavior of supplemented Nellore heifers grazing palisadegrass pastures managed with different sward heights 
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下载免费PDF全文 Bruno Ramalho Vieira Mariana Vieira Azenha Daniel Rume Casagrande Diogo Fleury Azevedo Costa Ana Cláudia Ruggieri Telma Teresinha Berchielli Ricardo Andrade Reis 《Animal Science Journal》2017,88(4):696-704
Three sward heights (15, 25 and 35 cm) and three supplement types (energy, energy‐protein, and a mineral mix supplement) were evaluated in a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement distributed in a completely randomized design to study changes in forage search patterns in Nellore heifers in a continuous grazing system. Pasture data were collected using two replicates (paddocks) per treatment over four periods during the rainy season. The behavior assessments were made in the first and fourth grazing seasons. It was hypothesized that supplements and pasture management would modify ingestive behavior, considering that animals would require less time grazing if they had energy requirements met through higher digestibility of better managed paddocks, or use of supplements high in energy. Total and green forage masses along with green : dead material ratio were greater in treatments managed with higher sward heights. Sward managed with 35 cm height resulted in lower leaf : stem ratio compared with 15 cm sward height treatments. The animals on the 15 cm pastures spent more time grazing overall and during each meal, but there were no differences observed in meal numbers in comparison to 35 cm treatments. Heifers fed protein and/or energy supplements spent less time grazing in the early afternoon, but overall grazing time was the same for all animals. 相似文献
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The performance of 457 fall-, 510 winter-and 640 summer-born lambs from several years was examined to compare the progeny of purebred Hampshire (H) or Suffolk (S) and crossbred (S X H or H X S) rams for mean and variability of growth rate. Eight rams (four crossbred and four purebred) were mated to white-faced crossbred ewes each season with a total of 37 rams represented in the study. Individual rams were exposed to approximately 30 ewes each season. Purebred-sired lambs were slightly heavier at birth than crossbred-sired lambs averaged over seasons (P = .10). The differences in birth weight between purebred- and crossbred-sired lambs were .08 kg (P = .28); .15 kg (P = .20) and .13 kg (P = .03) for fall, winter and summer seasons, respectively. For 70-d weight and average daily gain from weaning to market weight (ADG), the differences between purebred- and crossbred-sired lambs were not consistent over seasons. Purebred-sired lambs were 1.62 kg heavier (P = .02) at 70 d of age for the winter season, but were .26 (P = .44) and .27 kg (P = .48) lighter than crossbred-sired lambs for the fall and summer lambing seasons, respectively. Differences in ADG between lambs sired by purebred and crossbred rams were -27 (P = .01), 35 (P = .01) and 5 g/d (P = .28) for fall, winter and summer seasons, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) 相似文献
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N. H. Jørgensen G. Steinheim Ø. Holand 《Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Sciences》2016,66(2):99-105
In Norway, approximately 2 million sheep are released for summer grazing onto highly heterogeneous outer-fields. The crossbred Norwegian White Sheep (NWS) is dominating, whereas the lighter short-tailed gregarious Spælsau (SP) is the second most abundant of the total Norwegian sheep population. We fitted 51 ewes with GPS collars in two contrasting alpine environment, Spekedalen (poor pasture) and Brathøa sauhavnelag (rich pasture), during the summer grazing seasons 2013 and 2014. We modelled breed differences in summer area use and found no significant effect of breed or pasture quality. No breed?* pasture interaction was found. Information of pasture quality and breed characteristics is vital to understand the resource–animal interplay and may prove important for sheep management. 相似文献
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Production of sheep (nursing ewes) grazing alternately with cattle (growing weaned heifers) was compared to the production
of sheep or cattle grazing alone (controls). Pasture production and sheep parasitism were also monitored. The herbage allowance
was higher for the control heifers than for the alternate heifers, but the leaf to green material ratio (LGMR) was lower,
and no difference on heifer growth was revealed (443 vs. 431g.d-1, P = 0.54). The LGMR was higher for the alternate sheep (+3 points) than for the control sheep, except during the dry season,
when the herbage density was lower. The effects of parasitism on the packed cell volume of alternate ewes and lambs were lower
than those of control ewes and lambs. However, the infection of sheep by Cooperia sp. (better adapted to cattle) was significantly higher for the alternate sheep than for the controls, and some indication
of cattle infection by Haemonchus contortus was suggested. The 70-day lamb weight was higher in the alternate grazing system than in the control (+0.76,+1.11 and+0.61kg
for the dry, intermediate and rainy seasons, respectively), and the average 70-day lamb production per ewe exposed was 21.42kg
in the alternate grazing system vs. 18.59kg in the control (P = 0.003). 相似文献
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以2010年5月20日放归于新疆卡拉麦里有蹄类自然保护区的普氏野马繁殖群(1雄,5雌)为研究对象,对放归前后目标个体的昼间主要行为时间分配及放归前后粪便应激激素皮质醇水平进行调查研究。结果发现:①此繁殖群头马和群内母马在放归后运动行为时间分配显著增加(P＜0.05),采食行为和躺休行为在放归后增加不明显(P＞0.05);站醒、站休、饮水行为在放归后显著减少(P＜0.05),修饰行为和其他行为在放归后减少不显著(P＞0.05);头马在放归后标记行为显著减少(P＜0.05)。②此繁殖群头马粪便皮质醇基础水平显著高于母马(P＜0.05);与放归前粪便皮质醇平均水平相比,头马和母马均在放归后第1天出现显著差异(P＜0.05)并达到峰值,头马在放归后第4天恢复至放归前水平,母马于放归后第3天恢复至放归前平均水平。了解普氏野马放归这一过程中行为变化和应激反应,有助于普氏野马放归野化工作的顺利实施,并为后续野马放归工作累积科学资料。 相似文献
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The objective was to describe body weight change (BWC) and subsequent lambing performance of Columbia, Polypay, Rambouillet, and Targhee ewes that grazed shrub-dominated range in winter of 1989, 1990, and 1991. In December (winter), after breeding each year (yr; October to December), ewes were moved to range. Depending upon severity of climatic conditions and vegetation accessibility, ewes grazed winter range for 30 to 60 days (d). Body weights were measured 2 d before grazing commenced (initial) and 2 to 7 d after ewes were transported off range (exit). Total BWC was calculated by subtracting finial BW from initial BW. All data were analyzed within each breed, as repeated measures using mixed models with age and year included in the model. For all breeds, 2-yr-old ewes were lightest going on to winter range and had the lowest lambing rate. Ewes lost weight while grazing winter range, but mature BW, once achieved, was restored annually with the exception of the 7-yr-old Columbia and Targhee ewes. Regardless of breed or age, ewes were able to achieve lambing rates > 1.5 lambs following early- and mid-pregnancy weight loss. Lambing rates were greater in older ewes, which generally experienced substantial negative BWC during winter grazing. 相似文献