Drought Feeding of Sheep

The Utilization of Low Quality Roughage by Sheep*

Over the past four years, investigations have been carried out with large groups of Merino sheep, completely hand-fed under pen conditions, on drought rations comprising low-quality roughage and various supplements*. The work has reached a stage where large scale field studies should be undertaken, but already sufficient progress has been made to indicate methods of feeding large numbers of she...

Studies on the feeding value of glycyrrhiza glabra L. pulp for sheep

Metabolizable Energy in Feeding Systems for Grazing Animals in Australia

Attention is drawn to several comparisons of the ARC feeding system with other systems. Recent Australian adaptations of ME standards for drought feeding of sheep and for cattle feeding are described. There is a need to adapt any feeding standards to the biology of the pastoral system. It is concluded that the Australia-wide adoption of ME based feeding standards would be helpful in promoting a...

Comparison of feeding value of a treated sea plant, Posidonia australis, with lucerne, pasture and wheat

An experiment was carried out to compare the effect of feeding posidonia australis as a non-conventional feedstuff with cereal straw for sheep maintenance; and to compare seagrass/chicken litter with lucerne hay and pasture for sheep production on a scale such as would be applicable to lot-feeding of sheep in the area of suthern Australia in case of short term feed scarcity. To approach this ta...

The Value of Cottonseed Alone and with Wheat in Drought Feeding of Sheep

Ten non pregnant, non lactating Corriedale ewes ate an average of 148 g fuzzy whole cotton seed per sheep per day and their mean weight fell from 40.3 to 32.2 kg over an eight week period. Two of the sheep died. A similar group of ewes, offered a mixture of 227 g of cottonseed and 227 g of wheat per sheep per day, usually ate all the ration. At the end of an 18 week period, there were no signif...