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