Nutrient supply and grazing behaviour of cattle on semi-natural pastures

Aims with the project:

1. To obtain a better knowledge about the nutritive value and digestibility of the pasture available for the animals on heterogeneous semi-natural pastures in Sweden.

2. To study animal behaviour on pasture and how it affects nitrogen transport between different types of vegetation within a heterogeneous semi-natural pasture.

3. To measure the methane emissions from animals fed plant material from mesic and wet semi-natural pasture areas.

Photographer: Eva Spörndly

Project manager:

Eva Spörndly

PhD student (licentiate):

Maja Pelve 

Read more

Pelve, M. 2010. Cattle grazing on semi-natural pastures -animal behavior and nutrition, vegetation characteristics and environmental aspects. Licentiate Thesis, rapport 276.