The experiment was carried in INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) at Theix, France. Two grasses (perennial ryegrass and tall fescue) were grown in sward boxes (0,13 m2), using three different sward horizontal distribution (pure, alternate rows and alternate strips) and three defoliation intervals (3,5, 7 and 14 days between two successive defoliation) with four replications. Four months after sowing, at defoliation date, sward boxes were offered to four individual dry ewes and removed after 340 bites.m-2 had been […]