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Grazing behavior of lactating and non-lactating yaks in the summer season of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau | |
Ding, Luming; Long, Ruijun; Wang, Changting; Shang, Zhanhuan | |
2006 | |
发表期刊 | ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION |
卷号 | 52期号:2页码:141-149 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | The effect of the physiological states of lactating vs. non-lactating (dry) on grazing behavior and herbage intake by yaks was examined in the summer season in the Qinghai alpine area under continuous stocking management. Intake rates were estimated over periods of 1 h by weighing the animals before and after grazing, retaining the feces and urine excreted, and applying a correction for insensible weight loss (the 1-h weight changes of yaks when non-eating before or after the intake rate measurement). It is hypothesized that the lactating yaks should eat more and spend more time eating than nonlactating yaks, because they expend more energy. In our experiment, there were no differences in the effect of physiological state (lactating vs. dry) of yaks observed on the rate of insensible weight loss, intake rate, grazing jaw movement rate, bites per grazing jaw movement, or bite mass. The dry yaks tended to eat more and spend more time eating than lactating yaks, but not significantly so. Compared with the dry yaks, the lactating yaks had a significantly lower bite rate and bites per bolus.; The effect of the physiological states of lactating vs. non-lactating (dry) on grazing behavior and herbage intake by yaks was examined in the summer season in the Qinghai alpine area under continuous stocking management. Intake rates were estimated over periods of 1 h by weighing the animals before and after grazing, retaining the feces and urine excreted, and applying a correction for insensible weight loss (the 1-h weight changes of yaks when non-eating before or after the intake rate measurement). It is hypothesized that the lactating yaks should eat more and spend more time eating than nonlactating yaks, because they expend more energy. In our experiment, there were no differences in the effect of physiological state (lactating vs. dry) of yaks observed on the rate of insensible weight loss, intake rate, grazing jaw movement rate, bites per grazing jaw movement, or bite mass. The dry yaks tended to eat more and spend more time eating than lactating yaks, but not significantly so. Compared with the dry yaks, the lactating yaks had a significantly lower bite rate and bites per bolus. |
关键词 | Yak Grazing Ruminating Behavior Lactating Non-lactating Qinghai-tibetan Plateau |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
学科领域 | 生物科学 |
关键词[WOS] | SWARD SURFACE HEIGHT ; DAIRY-COWS ; RUMINANTS ; SHEEP ; GRASS |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000247092300004 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://210.75.249.4/handle/363003/1269 |
专题 | 中国科学院西北高原生物研究所 |
作者单位 | 1.Lanzhou Univ, Ctr Tibetan Grassland & Yak Studies, Coll Pastoral Agr Sci & Technol, Lanzhou 730020, Peoples R China 2.NW Inst Plateau Biol, Xining 810008, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ding, Luming,Long, Ruijun,Wang, Changting,et al. Grazing behavior of lactating and non-lactating yaks in the summer season of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau[J]. ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,2006,52(2):141-149. |
APA | Ding, Luming,Long, Ruijun,Wang, Changting,&Shang, Zhanhuan.(2006).Grazing behavior of lactating and non-lactating yaks in the summer season of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,52(2),141-149. |
MLA | Ding, Luming,et al."Grazing behavior of lactating and non-lactating yaks in the summer season of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau".ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 52.2(2006):141-149. |
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