基于牧场的牛肉系统的牧场管理和养殖战略决策:实验证实与证词和感知相比
Francis Monte Rouquette1, Lynn E Sollenberger2, João M B Vendramini3
1Soil & Crop Sciences, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Overton, Texas, USA.
Translational animal science
|July 12, 2023
概括
旋转和连续放牧方法在动物和土地生产率方面显示了类似的结果. 证据不支持对旋转放牧系统 (如群或再生放牧) 的优越益处的说法.
科学领域:
- 牧场生态与管理 牧场生态与管理
- 动物生产系统动物生产系统
- 可持续农业 可持续农业
背景情况:
- 牧场管理决策影响牧场的可持续性和畜牧业生产.
- 养殖策略被广泛归类为连续或旋转放牧.
- 轮放牧,包括群畜和再生放牧,通常因其所谓的好处而受到称赞.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较连续与旋转放牧系统的有效性.
- 评估实验证据支持由旋转放牧策略带来的增强效益的说法.
- 以数据驱动的洞察力为牧场管理决策提供信息.
主要方法:
- 对大约30项已发表的实验进行了元分析,比较了连续和旋转养.
- 分析每只动物和每公的活体重增加.
- 检查养殖率方法 (固定或可变) 对结果的影响.
主要成果:
- 在66%的研究中,连续和轮转养之间,每只动物的活体重增加没有显著差异.
- 在69%的研究中,方法之间没有每公收益的显著差异.
- 养殖率方法对每公收益的结果产生了重大影响 (固定收益为92%,变量收益为50%).
结论:
- 实验数据显示,在关键生产指标上,连续放牧和旋转放牧之间的差异有限.
- 对于轮换策略的优越好处,如群众养殖或再生放牧,缺乏强有力的实验证据.
- 实践者应该依靠复制的实验数据,而不是事证据,来做出放牧管理决策.
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