Energetic cost of man' ' induced disturbance to staging snow geese.
The risk from wild geese, however, is not constant but mediated by management practices.
If animals are grazing, the presence of wild geese on the farm is a significant risk factor for shedding.
Only sheep, goats, donkeys and geese may be grazed and only furze (gorse) or fern may be removed from the common.
As soon as the wild geese had rested sufficiently, they flew on again.
Among housed animals, the effect of wild geese is minimal.
Shedding is significantly higher when geese are present but only among grazing animals.
There was once a raven that married wild geese.
