Sheep and goat performance was studied on previously burned heathlands. Initially sheep and goats were allocated individually to two replicated plots, and managed during two consecutive grazing seasons (autumn 2001 and spring-autumn 2002) at 10 animals/ha. For the third grazing season (2003) each...

The trial was carried out with the objective of quantifying the effect of horse rearing in orange tree plantations on fruit production and the soil, as well as determining the productive performance of the horses integrated to this system regarding their meat production potential. For this purpose...

Twenty one local kids (18.75 kg; s.d.±1.4) were divided into three equal groups and allowed to browse in shrublands from July to December (dry season). Two groups received feed blocks containing mainly wheat bran and molasses and either included polyethylene glycol (B-PEG) or were PEG-free (B). A...

Sixteen growing intact male Pelibuey sheep, 16.2 kg initial live weight, were randomly allocated to pens. Four treatments with four replications were applied in order to evaluate the response of sheep to tree legume foliages. The treatments (on dry matter basis) were: T1=100% Taiwan (Pennisetum...