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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...

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Masters Thesis

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preference, and cattle performance on the Zumwalt Prairie in Northeastern Oregon. In each of two years, 192
Landscape occupancy by free ranging cattle in northeast Oregon

Creator:

Wilson, Kerry D.

Abstract:

Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies were employed to evaluate cattle occupancy of three landscape attributes on three different grazing allotments administered by the Wallowa Whitman National Forest in Northeast Oregon. Topographic characteristics of slope; 0-4%, 4-12%, 12-35% and >35% were evaluated as well as north...

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Masters Thesis

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. Landscape Occupancy by Free Ranging Cattle in Northeast Oregon. Abstract approved: Larry L. Larson