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Filtering by: Subject Beef cattle--Evaluation--Oregon Advisor Delcurto, Timothy Resource Type Dissertation

Nutritional and managerial considerations for wintering beef cattle in the northern Great Basin

Creator:

Brandyberry, Steven D.

Abstract:

A study was conducted to determine effects of year and season on diet quality of beef cattle grazing northern Great Basin rangelands from 1990 to 1993. Forage quality was high early in the growing season, then declined as seasons progressed (P<.05). Plant chemical composition was higher early in the growing...

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Dissertation

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Managerial Considerations for Wintering Beef Cattle in the Northern Great Basin. Abstract approved: A
The effects of timber harvest and herbivory on understory vegetation and composition of beef cattle diets on forested rangelands

Creator:

Walburger, Kenric J.

Abstract:

The objectives of the experiment were to: 1) determine the relationship between overstory canopy cover and ungulate herbivory on understory production composition and diversity and 2) determine the effects of timber harvest, ungulate herbivory and season of use on botanical composition and nutritional quality of beef cattle diets. Three randomly...

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Dissertation

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larJeta c -irL ry on Understory Vetation and Con pos'tion of Beef Cattle hstrac1: Approved: Timoth4