Grazing behavior of Maasai cattle
The grazing behaviour of Maasai cattle was influenced by season, area and grazing orbit. In a grazing day the cattle spent 1, 8, 14, 15 and 62 percent of their time drinking, ruminating, resting, walking and grazing respectively. The mean length of the grazing day of Maasai cattle is defined, as fro...
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| Formato: | Conference Paper |
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International Livestock Centre for Africa
1988
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50015 |
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