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For small animals and individual horses, the alfalfa is baled into small, two-string bales, commonly named by the strands of string used to wrap it. Other bale sizes are three-string, and so on up to half-ton (six-string) "square" bales – actually rectangular, and typically about 40 cm × 45 cm × 100 cm (16 in × 18 in × 39 in). [ 5 ]
Because of this, animals may need to eat less, which can reduce the farmers' costs. Mulberry contains more secondary compounds, tannins in particular. When mulberry leaves are dried the tannin levels increase significantly. Alfalfa contains mostly saponins and flavonoids and does not contain any tannins. Mulberry leaves are rich in flavonoids.
Animals who eat spoiled hay may develop a variety of illnesses, from coughs related to dust and mold, to various other illnesses, the most serious of which may be botulism, which can occur if a small animal, such as a rodent or snake, is killed by the baling equipment, then rots inside the bale, causing a toxin to form.
Commercial crops that nutria also eat are lawn grasses, alfalfa, corn, rice, and sugarcane. [26] Nutria are found most commonly in freshwater marshes and wetlands, but also inhabit brackish marshes and rarely salt marshes. [47] [48] They either construct their own burrows, or occupy burrows abandoned by beaver, muskrats, or other animals. [10]
Herbivory is of extreme ecological importance and prevalence among insects.Perhaps one third (or 500,000) of all described species are herbivores. [4] Herbivorous insects are by far the most important animal pollinators, and constitute significant prey items for predatory animals, as well as acting as major parasites and predators of plants; parasitic species often induce the formation of galls.
Megachile rotundata, the alfalfa leafcutting bee, [1] is a European bee that has been introduced to various regions around the world. As a solitary bee species, it does not build colonies or store honey , but is a very efficient pollinator of alfalfa , carrots , other vegetables, and some fruits.
Peruvians consume an estimated 65 million guinea pigs each year. The animal is so entrenched in the culture that one famous painting of the Last Supper in the main cathedral in Cusco shows Christ and his disciples dining on guinea pig. [8] The animal remains an important aspect of certain religious events in both rural and urban areas of Peru.
Hypera postica, commonly known as the alfalfa weevil, is a species of weevil; it can be found in alfalfa fields throughout Europe. [1] Considered a destructive threat to alfalfa production in North America, several accidental introductions have been successfully countered though the use of a variety of biological control species .