Sarah completed her undergraduate and postgraduate study at the University of Adelaide, in South Australia. Sarah worked as a lecturer at the University of Adelaide prior to moving to New Zealand in 2008 to take a lecturing position at Massey University within the Pastoral Livestock Production group. Sarah has worked with a range of animal species including previously, including, rats, fish, pigs, chickens, horses, and ruminant animals, but her research now primarily focuses on sheep reproduction, nutrition, physiology and production.
Dr Sarah Pain, from the Pastoral Livestock Production Group at Massey University gives an interesting talk on understanding dietary preferences of sheep in a New Zealand context. Animals are known to prefer variety. Dr Pain’s talk covers the diversity of preferences as well as both the development of dietary preference and the ability to predict dietary preference.
Plants can change chemical composition when subjected to grazing activity. Practical experiments including shrubbery are reviewed, with practical comments on understanding the adjustment period that animals take with a change in grazing options.
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