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Yeast culture improves lactation performance and metabolic status in transition dairy cows

Creator:: Ramsing, Erica M.
Abstract:: Yeast culture supplementation has been used to improve the health and performance of dairy cows for the last 25 years. To evaluate the effect of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product (Diamond V Original XP™) on the health and production of peripartal Holstein cows, two research studies were conducted. The first...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: anticipated calving date through 3 wks postpartum) included 0, 57, and 228 g/d XP. Yeast culture was

Winterfat seed viability and dormant season livestock grazing

Creator:: Leary, Ryan
Abstract:: Krascheninnikovia lanata (winterfat) is a valuable forage species with an average of 10% crude protein during winter when there are few nutritious options for livestock and wildlife. However, excessive grazing throughout the west has negatively impacted survival of winterfat stands. We hypothesized that four years rest from dormant season livestock...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Appendix D: Analyses Performed ………………..............…………….........53 LIST OF FIGURES Figure

Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

Creator:: Hanselmann, Rhea
Abstract:: With continual and worldwide human population growth, our impact on the natural environment expands and intensifies every day. We consume natural resources, burn fossil fuels, and release toxic compounds into the air, water, and earth. We build roads that fragment the landscape, construct new settlements, and develop agricultural lands in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Representative Jerry Heidel, as well as former members Sally Hacker and Dan Edge. I appreciate you sharing your

Wildfire Severity Has a Minimal Influence on Pollen Diversity Used by Developing Mason Bees (Osmia lignaria) in Mixed Conifer Forest

Creator:: Bell, Nicole C. S.
Abstract:: Native bees are critically important organisms that support biodiversity and crop production via their pollination services. Wildfires in temperate conifer forests can increase bee abundance and flowering plant density due to increased light exposure, but little information is available regarding how wildfire severity influences provisioning to bee offspring, which is...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: the majority of brood cells (type D, 50.5% of brood cells), with the next most commonly detected

Wild Waters : Perspectives on Oregon’s Marine Reserves as Marine Wilderness Areas

Creator:: Johnston, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: Designation of areas as marine wilderness has been proposed as a strategy for managing the increasing threats facing the world’s oceans. Although social factors influence marine protected area success, the human dimensions of marine wilderness remain minimally explored. This thesis examines views of marine wilderness expressed by a representative sample...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Mark D. Needham Designation of areas as marine wilderness has been proposed as a

Why Use Ankles? An Optimization Approach to Discover Energetic Benefits of Ankles in Steady Locomotion

Creator:: Hector, Michael J.
Abstract:: Design and control of legged robots is a popular field in the pursuit of building robots that can be as mobile as humans. While much effort is put into understanding how to control the dynamics of these legs, less effort is focused on designing and controlling robot ankles. Ankles on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the motor to produce an equilibrium gait cycle, d is the total distance traveled in one cycle, g is

Who's afraid of a little nitrate? : discovering impediments and incentives in following best management practices related to water quality within the southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area

Creator:: Rolston, Irene
Abstract:: Thesis summarizes interviews with growers residing within the Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) in the Southern Willamette Valley of Oregon. Informal and semi-structured interviews were used to identify perceived impediments and incentives perceived by local farmers in following best management practices related to water quality. Results from the interviews were coded...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thank my other committee members, Kurt Peters, Garry Stephenson, Gail Glick- Andrews, and Jennifer

Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

Creator:: Leaver, Jennifer Jensen
Abstract:: In the United States during the last 30 years there has been a shift from extractive natural resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past century, a growing national support for environmental protection has influenced a lengthening list of national and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .......................... 179 Appendix D Documentation Sheet - Sample ......................... 180 LIST OF FIGURES Figure

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Creator:: Stanton, Michael
Abstract:: This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program : The Sufficient Statistics Approach

Creator:: Yu, Jialing
Abstract:: The publicly subsidized Federal Crop Insurance Program has expanded rapidly in recent decades in the United States. With the reform in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Federal Crop Insurance Program has become the most important component of U.S. farm policies. The primary goal of the program is to provide risk...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is a function of its price: D(𝜏). In Figure 2-11, y-axis represents the price of the insurance

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Yeast culture improves lactation performance and metabolic status in transition dairy cows

Winterfat seed viability and dormant season livestock grazing

Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

Wildfire Severity Has a Minimal Influence on Pollen Diversity Used by Developing Mason Bees (Osmia lignaria) in Mixed Conifer Forest

Wild Waters : Perspectives on Oregon’s Marine Reserves as Marine Wilderness Areas

Why Use Ankles? An Optimization Approach to Discover Energetic Benefits of Ankles in Steady Locomotion

Who's afraid of a little nitrate? : discovering impediments and incentives in following best management practices related to water quality within the southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area

Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program : The Sufficient Statistics Approach

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