Table 1.
Grazing behavior of sheep, goats, cattle and camels co-grazing range with mixed species of herbaceous and browse plants based on visual observation during 10.0 h of daylight.
| Treatments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Sheep | Goat | Cattle | Camel | SEM |
| Position (% day light hours) | |||||
| Standing | 86.0 | 83.3 | 86.7 | 91.7 | 2.66 |
| Lying | 14.0 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 8.3 | 2.66 |
| Activity (% day light hours) | |||||
| Grazing | 72.0a | 32.5b | 83.3a | 27.5b | 3.94 |
| Browsing | 7.0c | 45.0b | 0.8c | 57.5a | 3.44 |
| Ruminating | 8.0 | 11.7 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 3.14 |
| Idle | 13.0 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 7.5 | 3.06 |
a,-cMeans within a row without a common superscripts differ (P < 0.05); SEM = Standard error of the mean.