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Title: Diets and Forage Preference of Communally Grazed Range Goats in an Acacia Bush Savanna in Southeast Botswana
Authors: U. J. Omphile, A. A. Aganga, B. Malamba
Journal: Journal of Biological Sciences
Publisher: Asian Network for Scientific Information (ANSInet)
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2005
Volume: 5
Issue: 6
Language: English
The study was aimed at determining the botanical diet composition of goats
foraging in Acacia bush savanna rangeland in southeast Botswana. The
dominant species in the study area were of the genus Acacia with an
understory of mostly perennial grasses. Acacia were the dominant plant
species consumed by goats. Certain perennial grasses also featured prominently
in their diets, but only during the wet season. Preference ratings for the
plants comprising diets of goats were positive for about 80 of the woody plants
during the dry season and 50 during the wet season. Less than 30 of the
grasses were selected for during the wet season while all were discriminated
against in the dry season.
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