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Diet Selection of Grazing Animals
Author
Rachel Frost
Jeff Mosley
Publisher
eXtension Rangelands
Publication Year
2012
Body

Think about the wide variety in foods eaten by people around the world. What people in one region consider a delicacy maybe viewed as inedible by people in another region: and all humans are the same species! Now, think about the many species of herbivores that graze rangelands. Each species (and often individual animals) has very different dietary habits and preferences that are molded from their environment, their genetics, and their social interactions. In general, animals consume foods that they are physiologically adapted to digest and that meet their nutritional requirements.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Website
Collection
Rangelands West
Keywords
Diet preferences
ruminants
diet selection
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