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- Library Collection RecordIn recent years there has been an increasing emphasis on reestablishment of woody vegetation in degraded riparian zones. In this study we evaluated the influence of grazing and selected site factors…Publication Date 1991-01-01
- shoot cuttings
- salix geyeriana
- crop establishment
- Salix
- water table
- site factors
- riparian buffers
- mortality
- soil water content
- grazing intensity
- plant communities
- California
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAn improved bovine fecal collection harness is described. The harness is durable, adjustable, and comfortable to the animal. The harness has a wide variety of experimental applications. This material…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- feces collection
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordBurning on good to excellent condition tallgrass prairie in central Oklahoma yielded results which visually appeared much greater than would be expected from previous burning research. Therefore, a…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- liveweight gain
- fires
- fire effects
- pastures
- prescribed burning
- Oklahoma
- crude protein
- diet studies
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordFour yearling steers were trained and observed in a parallel-arm maze. The purpose was to determine if cattle had the ability to associate locations with relative food availabilities. The study…Publication Date 1989-11-01
- spatial memory
- cattle
- maze
- food availability
- Library Collection RecordForty-six clonal lines of a hybrid cross between Pseudoroegneria spicata [Pursh.] Scribn. and Smith × Elytrigia repens [L.] Beauv. were used to evaluate the influence of various chemical and…Publication Date 1989-01-01
- trials
- forage crops
- hybrids
- plant morphology
- pastures
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- phenology
- Montana
- grazing
- grasses
- feeding preferences
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordThis paper tests 2 hypotheses regarding the cues cattle use to avoid stepping on crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner) tussocks. The first hypothesis is that cattle are attentive to…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- Agropyron cristatum
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordStocking rate effects on intensive-early stocked Kansas Flint Hills range were studied from 1982 through 1987. Rates were 2X, 2.5X, and 3X normal season-long stocking rates for 200-225 kg steers.…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- carbohydrates
- Kansas
- yields
- stocking rate
- winter
- Andropogon gerardii
- cattle
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordTall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi) is a major cause of livestock death on mountain ranges. The influence of plant phenology, grazing site, and rumen fill on tall larkspur consumption was evaluated…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- consumption
- mountains
- mountain areas
- toxicity
- highlands
- site factors
- Delphinium barbeyi
- palatability
- rumen contents
- diet studies
- cattle
- rangelands
- Utah
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordChanges in community composition of 2 grassland sites exposed to a flood of unusual intensity and duration were investigated in the Flooding Pampa. These grasslands are subject almost annually to…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- flora
- plant community analysis
- floodplains
- grasslands
- flooding
- cattle
- Argentina
- botanical composition
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of grazing by cattle on soil bulk density was studied in a typic Natraquoll of the Flooding Pampa of Argentina for a period of 33 months, by comparing a grazed situation to an enclosure…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- pampas
- physicochemical properties
- floodplains
- soil density
- environmental factors
- soil water content
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- Argentina
- grazing
- soil compaction
- bulk density
- trampling
- Library Collection RecordContinuous or pulse doses of Yb-labeled feedstuffs with subsequent fecal sampling can be used to estimate digesta passage rates and fecal output in ruminants. However, the validity of such estimates…Publication Date 1988-09-01
- gastrointestinal motility
- analytical methods
- passage rates
- prediction
- feces composition
- digesta
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordChanges in liveweight of sedentary and migratory herds of cattle in south Kordofan Province, Sudan, were determined monthly. Feces of these animals were analyzed for N and ADF during the same period…Publication Date 1989-03-01
- Sudan
- feces composition
- body weight
- fiber content
- nitrogen
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordResearch was conducted on the effects of rotational grazing (RG) compared to continuous grazing (CG) on the behavior of cattle grazing on rangelands. Different livestock densities in the RG…Publication Date 1989-07-01
- grazing time
- continuous grazing
- grazing experiments
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- grazing intensity
- grazing behavior
- spatial distribution
- cattle
- Texas
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1988-11-01
- Kansas
- liveweight gain
- yields
- stocking rate
- winter
- Andropogon gerardii
- cattle
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe growth and miserotoxin content of Columbia milkvetch (Astragalus miser Dougl. var. serotinus (Gray) Barneby) were examined following grazing of early growth by cows at a grassland site in…Publication Date 1989-09-01
- Astragalus miser
- miserotoxin
- grazing experiments
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordThis study emphasizes short-term management decisions that are made in a yearling cattle operation in northeastern Colorado. Empirical equations describing forage and animal growth were coupled with…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- yearlings
- marketing techniques
- grazing time
- dynamic programming
- optimization
- decision making
- stocking rate
- cattle
- range management
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordA method for manufacturing esophageal cannulas from plastic tee couplers of suitable size for growing steers and wethers is described. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- unit costs
- production
- esophageal fistula
- performance
- methodology
- cannulas
- sheep
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordFifteen cattle (236-500 kg) and 38 sheep (36-55 kg) were fitted with 2 types of indwelling cecal cannulae. Cannulae were made of either clear silicone or plastic tubing. The surgery was conducted in…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- silicone tubes
- surgery
- plastic pipes
- cannulas
- cannulation
- sheep
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordIngestion of tall larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi L. Huth) is a major cause of cattle death on ranges where the plant occurs. The amount and timing of tall larkspur ingestion by grazing cattle was…Publication Date 1988-03-01
- alkaloids
- Delphinium barbeyi
- ingestion toxicity
- mountain grasslands
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- phenology
- rangelands
- Utah
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordCattle preference for immature white locoweed (Oxytropis sericea Nutt.) seed pods reported in a previous intensive grazing study was confirmed using free-ranging cows under natural grazing conditions…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- pods
- native livestock
- habituation
- Oxytropis
- weed palatability
- leaves
- Oxytropis sericea
- poisonous weeds
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordManipulating stocking rate and duration of grazing is fundamental to range management. It has been claimed that rotation grazing systems will increase stocking capacity of range while maintaining or…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- economics
- Hesperostipa comata
- Agropyron
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- crop production
- rotational grazing
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Wyoming
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- range management
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordNutritional studies frequently require an estimate of animal diet digestibility, but current in vitro techniques require costly fistulated animals, and variation in rumen fluid activity often results…Publication Date 1988-07-01
- feed mixing
- cellulases
- rumen fluids
- histology
- Poaceae
- diet studies
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- Texas
- rangelands
- forage
- Library Collection RecordThe feasibility of using esophageal extrusa to monitor dietary tannin levels was studied using 4 shrub species (Purshia tridentata, Quercus gambelii, Cercocarpus montanus and Acer grandidentatum).…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- Acer saccharum subsp. grandidentatum
- mastication
- Quercus gambelii
- saliva
- phenolic compounds
- Purshia tridentata
- browse plants
- esophagus
- tannins
- crude protein
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- Utah
- Cercocarpus montanus
- Library Collection RecordLinear programming ranch models were constructed for size of ranch and species of livestock operation within 5 regions of Colorado. Options to improve existing ranch resources and regional forage…Publication Date 1987-11-01
- demand
- animal husbandry
- grazing on public land
- linear programming
- prices
- cattle
- Colorado
- forage
- Library Collection RecordUtilization of a crested wheatgrass pasture was studied at constant stocking rate (3 cattle/ha) in pastures of 1, 2, 4, and 8 ha, with herd sizes ranging from 3-24 head. Pasture utilization on a…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- livestock numbers
- Agropyron desertorum
- pastures
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- Utah
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordA survey of the levels of the neurotoxic diterpenoid alkaloid methyllycaconitine (MLA) in low larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz.) was conducted at 4 diverse rangeland sites in southern British…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- toxic substances
- alkaloids
- neurotoxins
- toxicity
- British Columbia
- poisonous weeds
- species
- cattle
- Delphinium
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordProfit maximizing combinations of livestock enterprises, plant control practices, and grazing management systems for ranches in the southern High Plains were examined. A typical ranch and a multi-…Publication Date 1987-11-01
- farm income
- linear programming
- timing
- grassland improvement
- ranching
- brush control
- Quercus havardii
- cattle
- Texas
- range management
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordConcentrations and loadings (output, number day-1 km-2) of fecal coliform (FC) indicator bacteria were measured from 1979 through 1984 in streamflow from 13 forested watersheds under the following…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- Escherichia coli
- water pollution
- coliform bacteria
- grant county, oregon
- streams
- watersheds
- feces
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- cattle
- water quality
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordTobosa (Hilaria mutica [Buckl.] Benth.) was seasonally grazed with cattle under high-density (2.1 to 5.1 animal unit/hectare [AU/ha]) rotation and low-density (0.33 and 0.39 AU/ha) continuous…Publication Date 1988-01-01
- crop quality
- Hilaria mutica
- arid zones
- liveweight gain
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- crude protein
- cattle
- rangelands
- grazing
- New Mexico
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA 16-paddock, cell-designed, rotational grazing (RG) system was initiated in March 1981 to evaluate the effects of RG on various vegetation response variables and cow/calf production. This 20-month…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- organic matter digestibility
- crop quality
- continuous grazing
- stocking rate
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- digestibility
- crude protein
- cattle
- Texas
- plant litter
- forage
- Library Collection RecordAn inexpensive esophageal fistula sleeve and plug cannula was constructed using 38-mm diameter PVC pipe with a 4-mm wall, a Babcock float rod, and laboratory rubber stoppers. The cannulae are easily…Publication Date 1987-07-01
- plastic pipes
- fistulation
- saliva
- cannulas
- rumen contents
- esophagus
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordTrends in canopy-coverage of vegetation and bare ground were measured inside and outside exclosures on recent burns within three-pasture rest-rotation and season-long grazing systems over a 10-year…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- ground cover
- ecological succession
- vegetation
- cattle
- Montana
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordResearch was initiated at the Texas Experimental Ranch in 1981 to quantify the effects of 2 stocking densities, equivalent to 14- and 42-paddock rotational grazing (RG) treatments, on aboveground…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- Texas
- biomass
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted in southeastern Montana to determine the effects of federal range grazing on cattle ranch average variable operating costs per animal unit. Data were obtained through personal…Publication Date 1986-07-01
- variable costs
- grazing on public land
- surveys
- ranching
- economic analysis
- production costs
- cattle
- Montana
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordA tubular esophageal cannula was developed for use with cattle during extrusa collections. The purposes of the cannula were to reduce contraction of the fistula while the plug was out and to keep the…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- cannulas
- cannulation
- design
- fistula
- extrusion
- contraction
- esophagus
- cattle
- Library Collection RecordAn automated range-animal data acquisition system (ARADS) has been developed to collect individual animal data without human intervention. Records include date, time, identification, live-weight,…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- data collection
- automation
- computer techniques
- water use
- identification
- body weight
- sampling
- cattle
- range management
- Montana
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted in 1981 and 1982 at the Dickinson Experiment Station Ranch Headquarters in the mixed grass prairie of western North Dakota to determine seasonal and daily cattle diets under a…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- crude fiber
- Hesperostipa comata
- Agropyron
- nutrient requirements
- controlled grazing
- digestibility
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- diets
- cattle
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- feeding preferences
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordCattle impact on riparian areas is dependent upon both their behavior and utilization of streamside vegetation. Development of grazing strategies for riparian environments would be enhanced by an…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- rest
- seasonal behavior
- streams
- highlands
- riparian buffers
- stocking rate
- animal behavior
- feeding behavior
- cattle
- Montana
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordAn 8-year (1961-1968) study at the San Joaquin Experimental Range, in the Sierra Nevada foothills in central California, compared continuous, repeated seasonal, and rotated seasonal grazing on native…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- annuals
- grasslands
- liveweight gain
- responses
- grazing experiments
- reproductive performance
- California
- cattle
- rangelands
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe influence of crude terpenoid content on in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) was determined for basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. tridentata), Wyoming big sagebrush (A…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- terpenoids
- Artemisia tridentata
- Odocoileus hemionus
- sheep
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- Montana
- Library Collection RecordDefoliation of intermediate wheatgrass (Agropyron intermedium by cattle was examined under seasonal and short-duration grazing. Tiller height, number of green leaves per tiller, phenological status,…Publication Date 1987-05-01
- grazing time
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- stocking rate
- Washington
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- tillering
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordManagement of sympatric ungulates on multiple use lands requires knowledge of how species exploit resources available to them. We examined seasonal food habits, dietary overlap, and dietary quality…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- horses
- ungulates
- sympatric species
- resource partitioning
- feces composition
- Antilocapra americana
- Oregon
- grazing intensity
- diet studies
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- range management
- seasonal variation
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated effects of fall burning of gulf cordgrass (Spartina spartinae) rangeland on winter diets and liveweight gains of cattle on the Texas Coastal Prairie during 1979-1981. Gulf cordgrass…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- crude protein
- spartina spartinae
- autumn
- Nassella leucotricha
- liveweight gain
- grazing trials
- pastures
- prescribed burning
- digestibility
- diets
- cattle
- Texas
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordA study was conducted in 1982 and 1983 at the Dickinson Experiment Station, North Dakota, in the mixed grass prairie to determine the effects of short duration grazing (SDG) and repeated seasonlong…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- grazing time
- stocking rate
- plant communities
- cattle
- prairies
- range management
- botanical composition
- rangelands
- grazing
- forage
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordDiet crude protein and in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) of diets of esophageally fistulated steers were compared for a pasture grazed June to September ("summer" pasture) and…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- Florida
- prescribed burning
- digestibility
- crude protein
- cattle
- range management
- seasonal variation
- nutritive value
- grazing
- forage
- Library Collection RecordNumber and kinds of cattle trails may have a dramatic impact on relative amount of bare soil and subsequently on amount and rate of soil erosion. The objective of this study was to quantify the…Publication Date 1986-09-01
- trails
- types
- quantitative analysis
- density
- soil erosion
- rotational grazing
- cattle
- Texas
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordNine transects, in areas with different histories of cattle grazing, were established along the Blitzen River in Oregon. Counts of birds and measurements of vegetation were made in the summers of…Publication Date 1986-05-01
- birds
- Salix
- population density
- habitats
- riparian buffers
- species
- Oregon
- cattle
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordInfiltration rate and sediment production were measured over a 2-year period on an intensive rotationally grazed pasture. Measurements were taken prior to the movement of livestock onto the pasture,…Publication Date 1986-11-01
- intensive livestock farming
- hydrology
- sediments
- pastures
- rotational grazing
- sheep
- goats
- cattle
- Texas
- seasonal variation
- rangelands
- grazing
- infiltration
- Library Collection RecordElk (Cervus elaphus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) distribution and use of habitats shared with cattle (Bos spp.) on a ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)-bunchgrass range in central Arizona was…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- habitat selection
- Pinus ponderosa
- Cervus elaphus
- Odocoileus hemionus
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- range management
- rangelands
- geographical distribution
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordA 5-year study was conducted to evaluate the influences of rest-rotation, deferred-rotation, and season-long grazing systems on cattle diet botanical composition and quality and weight gains on…Publication Date 1987-01-01
- Oregon
- rotational grazing
- nutrient contents of plants
- animal nutrition
- mountain grasslands
- ruminants
- performance testing
- grazing intensity
- diet studies
- cattle
- grazing
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