Traditionally,forage is grown in mixed(Mi)or monoculture(Mo)***,there is currently no evaluation of the advantages of these production systems under tropical *** aim of this study was to evaluate forage production and...
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Traditionally,forage is grown in mixed(Mi)or monoculture(Mo)***,there is currently no evaluation of the advantages of these production systems under tropical *** aim of this study was to evaluate forage production and animal behavior in Mi and Mo pastures containing white clover(Trifolium repens L.),African star(Cynodon nlemfuensis Vanderyst)and Taiwan Napier(Pennisetum purpureum Schumach),using a completely randomized design with two treatments(Mo and Mi)and three repetitions during the four seasons of the *** each repetition and season,three sheep were evaluated for 8 h/d during three consecutive *** forage produced in Mo and Mi pastures was similar(p>0.05)during the four seasons of the *** displayed higher(p<0.01)average daily weight gains(ADG)when grazed on Mi than Mo pastures,particularly during summer,autumn and winter,seasons that corresponded to the higher dry matter intake(DMI)(p<0.05),even though sheep spent more time(p<0.01)grazing on Mo pastures,when compared with *** was concluded that there is no advantage in forage production when associations of white clover and two tropical grasses are grown in Mo or Mi ***,heavier sheep are obtained from the later as a result of an increase in forage consumption.
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