Due to inefficiencies and unsustainable growth in health expenditures, a new
approach needed to be taken in the realm of healthcare. There was a need to increase
efficiency and value in order to achieve health outcomes. Hence, arose the concept of the
Coordinated Care Organization (CCO). CCOs are seen as...
Eastern Filbert Blight, caused by Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Miller, was first discovered in the Pacific Northwest in 1974. Orchard experiments suggest that the fungus completes its life cycle in two years. Infection takes place from mid-January to May, mainly through mite-galled-buds infested with an Eriophyid mite, Phytocoptella avellanae Nal....
This study evaluated the influence of cattle stocking density on botanical composition of diet, diet preference, and cattle performance on the Zumwalt Prairie in Northeastern Oregon. In each of two years, 192 cow-calf pairs (549.27 kg, BCS = 4.89) and 48 yearling heifers (383.34 kg, BCS = 5.02) were stratified...
Two trials were conducted to evaluate changes in the quantity, quality, and moisture of available forage in the pasture, and shrub utilization by cattle during a 30-d late summer grazing period (Trial 1) and the effect of cow age (experience) on grazing distribution and diet composition (Trial 2) in mountain...
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...
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...
Under the sponsorship of the Klamath National Forest, 25 log cabins
which were built in western Siskiyou County between 1850 and 1937 were located
and studied. First, 11 exterior dimensions of these cabins were selected,
measured and recorded. Then 26 building elements were identified for the
purpose of finding whether...