This study was conducted to investigate the production and processing technology of common ryegrass screenings and to determine
the nutritive value of these screenings for sheep. The animal response
to them was assessed when the sheep were fed on the screenings
alone and in combination with other feedstuffs.
Four in...
The object of the present study was to investigate the stimulatory
or inhibitory effects of barium, boron, bromine, cadmium,
chromium, cobalt, copper, fluorine, iodine, iron, manganese,
molybdenum, nickel, rubidium, selenium, strontium, vanadium, and
zinc upon in vitro rumen microbial activity as measured by the amount
of cellulose digested. Washed suspensions...
The object of this research was to study the effect of readily
available carbohydrates (RAC) upon the utilization of urea in fattening
rations and to determine the effect upon carcass characteristics
that determine quality and yield grades. A 2 x 2 latin square designed
feedlot trial comparing urea at 0.5%...
Taste responses of the Columbian black-tailed deer,
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus (Richardson), were determined
by use of the two-choice preference test method, where the choices
were tap water and tap water-chemical solutions in ascending
concentrations. The chemicals tested were: the sugars, glucose
and sucrose; the sodium salts of chloride (NaC1) and...
This study was conducted to delineate the cause or causes of
winter deaths in deer and to provide information from which emergency
feed could be formulated. Deer were shot at monthly intervals through
the winter in Wallowa County, Oregon. Samples from the rumen, liver,
mandible, blood and feces were taken...
This study involved the use of the two-choice preference test to determine the taste reactions of buck and doe Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) to ascending concentrations of water extracts of Douglas fir, red alder, cascara, western hemlock and bitterbrush; to an ethanol extract of Douglas fir, and to...
Most of the nutritionally related difficulties of winter feeding
deer apparently result from either poor acceptability of artificial
rations or digestive disturbances that result from feeding starved
animals feeds to which they are not accustomed. Reported in this
thesis are studies conducted with both captive and wild deer concerning
acceptability...