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Conditioning of northern Great Basin grasses with livestock grazing

Creator:

Aguilera, Lisa M.

Abstract:

Because forage quality of cool season grasses declines to sub-maintenance levels for ruminants late in the growing season in the northern Great Basin, there is a need to elevate protein levels and digestibility of grasses for both wild and domestic ruminants in late summer. Anderson and Scherzinger (1975) proposed using...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Heifer performance and drought and grazing effects on flood meadow vegetation

Creator:

Nixon, David Eugene, 1963-

Abstract:

Native flood meadows are important for hay production and winter feeding areas in many western states. With the introduction of meadow foxtail (A lopecurus pratensis L.) and other new species, the botanical composition of the meadows has been steadily changing. With shifting priorities occuring on public lands, these flood meadows,...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis