Summary
Tethering of small ruminants to control grazing is a widespread practice in
Tanzania and elsewhere in the tropics, but there is no published information on the
subject.
Tethering is a form of control of grazing animals in mixed crop-livestock farming
systems. As farming systems intensify and grazing land availability is restricted,
tethering and stall-feeding systems are increasingly being adopted.
Tethering may
impose restrictions on access to and selection of feeds which affect the quality and
total quantity of diet ingested, and thereby necessitate more intensive supplementary
feeding regimes, particularly for more productive animals, such as lactating females.
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