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"SOME OBSERVATIONS ON '.rHE GRAZING BEHAVIOUR AND WATER CONSUMPTION OF LACTATING FRIESIAN AND JERSEY COV/8. "

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INTRODUCTION •

INDEX

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StJ1vTh:IARY OF LITEnATURE • 3

J·:�ETHOD

RESULTS

(A) ^COL^LE^CTI^ON ^OF ^DATA

(^B) DISCUSSION OF METHOD •

METHOD OF PRESENTATION

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SECTION I� HERD BEHAVIOUR • �17

DISCUSSION •

SECTION II s BREED COl.l!:l?ARISO:t\'3 4⁵

DISCUSSION • 48

SECTION III: WATER CONSUJ..if?TION 50

DISCUSSION • 54

SE CTION IV:INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR 57

DISCUSSION • 62

StTh:IMARY AND CONCLUSIONS • 64

BIBLIOGRAPHY 66

APPENDICES • • • 68