【读新闻学英语】给小肥羊佩话筒穿纸尿裤,这是什么神仙待遇?
2019年5月27日 11:21要想达到最大产奶量,羊群应吃下多少牧草?
A team of Brazilian researchers have fitted sheep with diapers as part of a study to help maximise farm production.
为帮助农场提高产量,一组巴西研究者为羊群穿上纸尿裤,以此展开调查。
Diapper:纸尿裤
The Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Company is carrying out the study, in which the sheep's pasture intake rate is measured in a range of different grass lengths.
该调查由农业研究及农村推广公司执行,根据牧草长度,调查人员可衡量羊群的饮食摄入量。
Pasture:牧场、牧草
The sheep are fitted with a microphone which monitors pasture eaten, while the nappies are fitted to measure the weight of the animal's faeces to see how much grass has been ingested.
羊群身上配备麦克风及尿布,前者可监测牧草食用情况,而尿布则用于收集粪便,并通过测重来了解牧草消化情况。
Faece:粪便、排泄物
Ingest:摄取、咽下
It's hoped the research will provide information on the best amount of feed to give sheep for maximum milk production.
通过研究,调查人员试图搞清楚羊群摄食量与产奶量的关系。换句话说,要想达到最大产奶量,羊群应吃下多少牧草。
Researcher Fábio Garagorry told the Daily Mail that pasture management is one of the factors that define the animal's weight gain and milk production per day.
研究员Fabio Garagorry告诉「每日邮报」称,牧草摄入是影响动物体重及每日产奶量的因素之一。
Define:定义、规定
"The intention is to tell breeders the best height that the grass should be as part of the management of their livestock," he said.
“其目的是让饲养员了解,在进行牲畜管理时,牧草的最佳高度应维持在多少。”
Breeder:饲养员
Livestock:牲畜
"Knowing this will help them increase the weight gain of the animal, the kilogram of live weight per hectare and the daily production of milk," said Garagorry.
“掌握该知识有助于牧户增加动物体重,提升每公顷牧场可承载的动物重量,并加大产奶量。”
Hectare:公顷
He said optimising the height of the grass could increase the animal's efficiency and productivity by up to 30 percent more in the same pasture.
他认为,通过优化牧草高度,可以实现多达30%的动物效率及产能增加。
Optimize:优化
The study is expected to be completed in October.
该研究计划10月结束。
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