The dry matter consumption of sheep on natural grazing in the Transvaal

Smuts, D.B.; Marais, J.S.C.

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dc.contributor.author	Smuts, D.B.
dc.contributor.author	Marais, J.S.C.
dc.contributor.editor	DuToit, P.J.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-13T13:32:30Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-13T13:32:30Z
dc.date.created	2017
dc.date.issued	1940
dc.description	The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	From a study on the dry matter consumption of sheep under natural conditions of grazing, it is evident that the quantity consumed is not a factor in the loss of weight in sheep during winter. It appears from these data that the decline in weight is specifically due to a rapid depletion of n nutritive elements from summer to winter grazing. It has further been shown that the dry matter consumption of sheep is correlated with the weight of the animals and that it can be predicted with success from the following equation DM = 56Wº·⁷⁵, where DM equals dry matter in grams and W weight in Kilograms.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Smuts, DB & Marais, JSC 1940, 'The dry matter consumption of sheep on natural grazing in the Transvaal’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 14, nos. 1 & 2, pp. 403-413.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0330-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59410
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Pretoria : The Government Printer	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 1940 ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © 2017 University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).	en_ZA
dc.subject	Veterinary medicine	en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh	Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.title	The dry matter consumption of sheep on natural grazing in the Transvaal	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA