Pasture intake and grazing behaviour of growing European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus, LandracexLarge White) in a semi-extensive production system

Journal Of Agricultural Science

dc.creatorHodgkinson, Suzanne Marie
dc.creatorPolenco-Jácome, Carlos
dc.creatorAceiton-Nuñez, Leonardo
dc.date2018-09-13T23:51:01Z
dc.date2022-07-07T15:15:36Z
dc.date2018-09-13T23:51:01Z
dc.date2022-07-07T15:15:36Z
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-22T04:41:29Z
dc.date.available2023-08-22T04:41:29Z
dc.identifier1130720
dc.identifier1130720
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10533/220488
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8320827
dc.descriptionThe objective of the present study was to determine the pasture intake of European wild boar and domestic pigs throughout their growth period (from 60 to 207 days of age). The proportion of time that each animal type spent grazing was also determined. Twelve 60-day-old pure-bred European wild boar (six castrated males and six females, average live-weight (+/- s.e.m.) 6.8 +/- 0.37 kg) and 12 70-day-old domestic pigs (Large White x Landrace, six castrated males and six females, average live-weight [ +/- s.e.m.] 24.1 +/- 0.66 kg) were used in the study. Each day during the study, the animals grazed from 08.00 until 16.00 h, after which they had ad-libitum access to a supplemental diet for 1 h. Every 14 days throughout the study (a total of ten determinations), the pasture consumption was determined as the difference between the pasture dry matter (DM) availability pre- and post-grazing. The supplemental diet consumption was also determined. Three times during the study (age of animals 85, 140 and 198 days), the behaviour of each animal was observed over four consecutive days while grazing. When considered on a metabolic bodyweight basis, the pasture consumption of the European wild boar was greater than that in the domestic pigs. Approximately 0.20 of the total DM intake by the wild boar was pasture, whereas only 0.10 of the total DM intake by the domestic pigs was pasture. However, domestic pigs consumed a greater quantity of supplemental diet than the wild boar. The wild boar obtained 0.20 of their total daily dietary apparent energy intake from pasture, compared with 0.07 in the domestic pigs. Wild boar were more active during 8-h grazing periods spending 0.54 of their time grazing or moving around, compared with 0.32 of the time in domestic pigs. Keywords. KeyWords Plus:DIGESTIBLE ENERGY CONTENT; NOSE-RINGS; CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN; MEISHAN
dc.languageeng
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dc.relationhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-agricultural-science/article/pasture-intake-and-grazing-behaviour-of-growing-european-wild-boar-sus-scrofa-l-and-domestic-pigs-sus-scrofa-domesticus-landracelarge-white-in-a-semiextensive-production-system/9C0232D9200E572FE4F4BDCE0911CA3A
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dc.titlePasture intake and grazing behaviour of growing European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus, LandracexLarge White) in a semi-extensive production system
dc.titleJournal Of Agricultural Science
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