Differences in Food Ingestion and Digestion Among Sheep Ciassified as High or Low Sagebrush Consumers
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Animals vary substantially in amount of three-tip sagebrush {Artemisia tripartita [Rydb.] tripartita) or other chemically defended plants they will voluntarily consume. This individual variation results from differences in dietary experience and inherited digestive characteristics. We conducted a series of experiments to examine behavioral and digestive traits of sheep identified as high or low consumers of sagebrush. In a pen-acceptance trial, high sagebrush consutners ate the same amount of sagebrush as low consumers when they had unrestricted access to a basal ration of alfalfa pellets (P = 0.77). However, when animals were restricted to 75% of their recommended energy requirement, sheep identified as high consumers ate more sagebrush than low consumers (P = 0.05). In a digestion trial, sagebrush reduced the dry matter digestibility when it was added to a hay-based diet. In vivo digestibility of a diet containing 10% fresh sagebrush and 90% alfalfa/grass hay was higher for high sagebrush consumers than low consumers (P = 0.02). The parameters measured in this trial suggest sheep that willingly consume high amounts of sagebrush, digest diets containing sagebrush more efficiently than low consumers. Resumen El consumo voluntario de "Sagebrush" [Artemisia tripartita I Rydb.] tripartita) y otras plantas con defensas quimicas varia substancialmente entre los animates. Esta variacion individual resulta de diferencias en la experiencia de forrajeo del animal y las caracteristicas digestivas heredadas. Condujimos una serie de experimentos para examinar las caracteristicas digestivas y de comportamiento de ovinos identilicados con consumo alto y bajo de "Sagebrush." En un ensayo en corral, los animates con alto consumo comieron la misma cantidad de "Sagebrush" que los animales de bajo consumo, esto cuando tuvieron acceso irrestricto a una racion basal de alfalfa paletizada (P = 0.77). Sin embargo, cuando el consumo de energia de los animales se restringio a! 75% de sus requerimientos, los ovinos identificados como altos consumidores comieron mas "Sagebrush" que los bajos consumldores (P = 0.05). En un experimento de digestion se detecto que cuando e! "Sagebrush" fue adicionado a una dieta a base de heno redujo la digestibilidad de la materia saca. La digestibilidad In vivo de una dieta conteniendo 10% de "Sagebrush" en verde y 90% de heno de alfalfa/zacate fue mayor en los ovinos de alto consumo que en los de consumo bajo (P = 0.02). Los parametros medidos en este experimento sugieren que los ovinos que consumen voluntariamente altas cantidades de "Sagebrush" digieren mas eHcientemente las dietas que contienen "Sagebrush" que los ovinos de bajo consumo. Key Words; chemically defended plants, diet seiection, digestion balance, grazing behavior, prescribed grazing
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