Urine distribution and grazing behaviour of female sheep and cattle grazing a steep New Zealand hill pasture

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 624-629

  Betteridge, Keith ^a   Costall, Des ^a   Balladur, Sophie ^b   Upsdell, Martin ^c   Umemura, Kazuhiro ^d  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GPS; GRAZING PRESSURE; LEACHING; PASTURE; SHEEP; SOIL NITROGEN; URINE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77953767503     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN09201     Document Type: Article

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