Pithomyces chartarumspore distribution and sheep grazing patterns in relation to urine-patch and inter-excreta sites within ryegrass-dominant pastures

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Pithomyces chartarum spore loads were determined on samples of dead ryegrass leaf taken from the base of grazed ryegrass-dominant pastures. Spore loads were significantly higher on samples from urine-patch than from inter-excreta areas. Results from a small grazing experiment indicated that under rotational grazing, sheep ingested little of the inter-excreta herbage before most of the available urine-patch herbage had been removed.

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