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Influence of stocking density on grazing beef cattle performance, diet composition foraging efficiency, and diet quality on a late-spring early-summer native bunchgrass prairie

Creator:

Wyffels, Samuel A.

Abstract:

This study evaluated the influence of cattle stocking density on botanical composition of diet, diet preference, and cattle performance on the Zumwalt Prairie in Northeastern Oregon. In each of two years, 192 cow-calf pairs (549.27 kg, BCS = 4.89) and 48 yearling heifers (383.34 kg, BCS = 5.02) were stratified...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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preference, and cattle performance on the Zumwalt Prairie in Northeastern Oregon. In each of two years, 192