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Management of stockpiled forages and optimal use of supplements by beef cattle while consuming low-quality forages

Creator:

Suverly, Norman A.

Abstract:

Three studies were conducted to evaluate: 1) rotationally grazed forage for late-summer stockpiling; 2) effects of lactation on self-fed supplement intake; and 3) influence of cow age on hand-fed supplement intake. For the first study, treatments consisted of non grazed, 2X and 3X grazed. Crude protein of forage grazed 3X...

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Masters Thesis

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TABLES Table Page 2.1 Chemical composition and harvest amounts of spring forage as related to
Influence of previous cattle and elk grazing on the subsequent diet quality and nutrient intake rate of cattle, deer, and elk grazing late-summer mixed-conifer rangelands

Creator:

Damiran, Daalkhaijav

Abstract:

Four studies were conducted on late-summer diet quality and quantity of cattle (Bos taurus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus), and elk (Cervus elaphus) in response to prior grazing by cattle and elk on mixed-conifer rangelands and on related research techniques. In our first study we assessed a photographic technique to...

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Dissertation

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Composition of Major Forage Species ………..………. 106 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page Diet Quality