Seasonal Forage Preferences of Grazing Cattle and Sheep in Western Oregon
Author
Bedell, T. E.Issue Date
1968-09-01Keywords
perennial ryegrassCorvallis
Subclover
tall fescue
Western Oregon
cattle grazing
clover
forage preferences
Trifolium subterraneum
Festuca arundinacea
diet
Lolium perenne
seasons
seasonal
sheep
stocking rate
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Bedell, T. E. (1968). Seasonal Forage Preferences of Grazing Cattle and Sheep in Western Oregon. Journal of Range Management, 21(5), 291-297.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895896Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
On perennial ryegrass-subclover and tall fescue-subclover forage mixtures, grazing cattle preferred grass to clover during the spring-summer period. Sheep selected a consistently high amount of subclover in both pasture mixtures during spring. In summer, sheep preferred tall fescue to subclover but on ryegrass-subclover pastures retained or increased dietary preferences for dry subclover over ryegrass. Light and heavy stocking induced no large differences in forage selection patterns for either cattle or sheep.Type
textArticle
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3895896