【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？

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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