ISSN:
1365-2494
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
The extent of post-defaecation redistribution of faeces by cattle in a grazed pasture was determined by adding to dung pats a pigment which is fluorescent in ultra-violet light. Traces of faeces which would normally not be detected were located under ultra-violet irradiation at night. More traces were redistributed from dung pats situated in areas where stock congregated than from dung pats in other areas of paddocks. Most traces occurred at distances of up to 2 m from each indicator dung pat treated with the pigment. The area of sward affected by faeces was over 100 times the area of individual dung pats. It is suggested that the distribution of infective parasitic larvae will follow the distribution of the traces rather than simply that of the dung pats. Grazing behaviour may also be affected by contamination of herbage by traces of faeces.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2494.1976.tb00786.x
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