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dc.contributor.authorGrøva, Lise
dc.contributor.authorSteinshamn, Håvard
dc.contributor.authorBrunberg, Emma
dc.contributor.authorLande, Unni Støbet
dc.coverage.spatialNorwaynb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-16T16:06:36Z
dc.date.available2017-09-16T16:06:36Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.isbn978-82-17-01677-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2454984
dc.description.abstractLarge areas of cultivated grasslands have been abandoned in Norway and are no longer used for production. Knowing that access to spring and autumn pastures is a limiting factor for sheep farmers, this study aims at testing the eff ect of introducing abandoned farmland into sheep production. One sheep €ock with 83(88) ewes (lambs) in 2014 and 77 (106) ewes (lambs) in 2015 was each year assigned to three treatments: (1) control; common farm procedure with a short spring grazing period before summer grazing on range pasture; (2) spring extended; a four-week extended spring grazing period on abandoned cultivated grassland before summer grazing on range pasture; (3) whole season grazing on abandoned cultivated grassland. Weight gain from spring to autumn, slaughter weight and carcass value were signi cantly (P<0.05) higher in lambs assigned to treatment 2, with four weeks extended spring grazing period (255 g day-1, 15.7 kg, 699 NOK), compared to treatment 1 (229 g day-1, 14.3 kg, 615 NOK) and treatment 3 (206 g day-1, 13.2 kg, 548 NOK). !e use of abandoned cultivated grassland for extended spring grazing improved weight gain and slaughter weight, while whole season grazing on abandoned grassland was the least productive option tested.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherEuropean Grassland Federation EGFnb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGrassland Science in Europe;Volume 21
dc.titleEffects of grazing previously abandoned grassland on performance in sheepnb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.typeChapternb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber83-85nb_NO
dc.source.volume21nb_NO
dc.identifier.cristin1381094
dc.relation.projectRegionale forskningsfond Midt-Norge: 227181nb_NO


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