Mixed grazing of adult goats and cattle: Lessons from long-term monitoring.
Gastrointestinal parasitism
Leader-follower grazing
Rotational grazing
Simultaneous grazing
Journal
Veterinary parasitology
ISSN: 1873-2550
Titre abrégé: Vet Parasitol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7602745
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2020
Apr 2020
Historique:
received:
17
10
2019
revised:
13
03
2020
accepted:
15
03
2020
pubmed:
30
3
2020
medline:
4
11
2020
entrez:
30
3
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Mixed grazing of breeding goats and cattle (goats to cattle ratio: about 50 %, based on metabolic weight) was monitored for 2 years on a rotational pasture with the two species grazing together, then for 5 years with cattle grazing immediately after goats. For both modalities, the level of goat parasite infection was not significantly different from that of the control groups. Nevertheless, the association allowed a slight improvement in kid growth and goat productivity, probably in relation to a better food quality. The response of adult goats to mixed grazing is therefore very different from that previously obtained with kids post-weaning. The question of the relationship between heterogeneity of pastures, knowledge of their environment, grazing behaviour of adult goats and risk of infection with gastrointestinal nematodes requires further investigation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32220696
pii: S0304-4017(20)30067-4
doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109087
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109087Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no competing interests.