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- Library Collection RecordIn any supplementation program, it is essential that the forage resource be stocked in such a manner so there is adequate forage quantity available per animal unit. If forage quantity is insufficient…Publication Date 2015
- nutritive value
- forage
- Arizona
- supplements
- nutrition
- cows
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • The use of easily accessible information to forecast when standing forage may lack nutrients to sustain cattle production could be valuable to the ranching community. • Our study was…Publication Date 2014-02-01
- forage quality
- nutritive value
- strategic supplementation
- seasonal precipitation
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 22nd International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2013
- wild animals
- Cervidae
- grazing
- grazing intensity
- pastures
- crop losses
- losses
- costs
- chemical composition
- proximate composition
- nutritive value
- energy value
- Cervidae
- Cervidae
- Library Collection RecordTo support the further development of grazing practices for dairy production systems based on perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), allometric relationships among leaf-stage categories and…Publication Date 2012
- perennial ryegrass
- leaf stage
- regrowth
- nutritive value
- grazing management
- Victoria
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordClassifying grasses into plant functional types (PFT) according to their strategy of nutrient capture (PFT A, B and b) or nutrient conservation (PFT C) is claimed to predict variability in biomass…Publication Date 2012
- grassland
- phenology
- nutritive value
- biomass production
- functional groups
- France
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 21th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2012
- pastures
- sheep
- feeds
- quality
- energy value
- protein quality
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2012
- feeds
- grasslands
- oats
- Populus
- nutritive value
- yields
- costs
- Populus
- Populus
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 21th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2012
- dairy cows
- pastures
- grazing
- animal feeding
- animal nutrition
- nutritive value
- milk yield
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 21th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T.; Kapun S..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2012
- dairy cows
- milk yield
- proximate composition
- pastures
- grazing
- animal feeding
- animal nutrition
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordThis study investigated the long-term effects on sward composition and animal performance of applying different fertilizer regimes to upland permanent pasture. The experiment, which was carried out…Publication Date 2011
- pasture
- management
- grazing
- animal production
- fertilizer
- Extensification
- sheep
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- liveweight gain
- Wales
- Great Britain
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 20th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2011
- Wilting Point
- grasslands
- silage
- chemical composition
- proximate composition
- quality
- feeds
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 20th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2011
- ruminants
- feeds
- proximate composition
- chemical composition
- animal nutrition
- animal feeding
- energy value
- nutritive value
- grasslands
- Green Feed
- analytical methods
- Statistical methods
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- nutritive value
- rangelands
- foraging
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- nutritive value
- Vicia
- rangelands
- Vicia
- Vicia
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- nutritive value
- rangeland soils
- Crude fibre
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- Sudan
- animal husbandry
- goat meat
- livestock numbers
- measurement
- Natural pastures
- nutritive value
- Sudan
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- Sudan
- forage
- rangelands
- vegetation
- management
- developmental stages
- grassland management
- biomass
- nutritive value
- vegetation
- Sudan
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 20th International Scientific Symposium on Nutrition of Farm Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2011
- feeds
- quality
- feed intake
- milk yield
- dairy cows
- concentrates
- grazing
- pastures
- meadows
- grasslands
- cutting
- digestibility
- nutritive value
- animal feeding
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2011
- grassland management
- grazing systems
- Pasture Improvement
- pastures
- grasses
- fertilizer application
- plant nutrition
- energy value
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of humic substances on the nutrient uptake, herbage production and nutritive value of herbage from sown grass pastures was studied in six field experiments. Commercial humic substances…Publication Date 2010
- fodder production
- management
- pastures
- fertiliser
- dry matter
- humic substances
- leonardite
- grass
- yield
- nutrients
- nutritive value
- Belgium
- Library Collection RecordProceedings of the 19 International Science Symposium on Nutrition of Domestic Animals 'Zadravec-Erjavec Days', Ceh, T. et. al..- Murska Sobota (Slovenia): Kmetijsko gozdarska zbornica…Publication Date 2010
- grasslands
- Herbage crops
- browse plants
- ruminants
- botanical composition
- flora
- Dry matter content
- proximate composition
- energy value
- nutritive value
- carbohydrates
- flora
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- Feed Crops
- Lolium perenne
- fertilizer application
- drought
- grassland management
- nutritive value
- silage
- Lolium perenne
- Lolium perenne
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- analytical methods
- nutritive value
- Poaceae
- grassland management
- plant anatomy
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- hormones
- Poaceae
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- Poaceae
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- agriculture
- natural resources
- rangeland soils
- nutritive value
- organic matter
- Dry matter content
- agriculture
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2010
- nutritive value
- grassland management
- forage
- carrying capacity
- steppes
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThe nutritive value of four subtropical grasses (Panicum maximum, Anthephora pubescens, Digitaria eriantha and Chloris gayana) standing hay were compared in terms of qualitative intake and partial…Publication Date 2009
- Anthephora pubescens
- Chloris gayana
- Digitaria eriantha
- nutritive value
- Panicum maximum
- diet selection
- sheep
- forage quality
- animal nutrition
- grazing
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- ecology
- forage
- grasslands
- nutritive value
- soil
- soil fertility
- nitrogen
- potassium
- phosphorus
- field experimentation
- potassium
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Farms
- Organic agriculture
- grasses
- meadows
- silage
- quality
- nutritive value
- bacteria
- field experimentation
- statistical data
- analytical methods
- bacteria
- bacteria
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- Green Feed
- hay
- harvesting
- nutritive value
- Farms
- meadows
- ecology
- field experimentation
- yields
- humidity
- proteins
- Crude fibre
- Sugar
- energy
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- species
- selection criteria
- Japan
- nutritive value
- grazing intensity
- revegetation
- Library Collection RecordPublication Date 2009
- animal feeding
- grassland management
- rangelands
- nutritive value
- chemical composition
- grazing lands
- Feed grasses
- energy
- forage
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- animal husbandry
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- Festuca
- Trifolium
- Library Collection Record[13th Conference on animal production, 12th and 13th May, 2009, Zaragoza [Spain]], Joy Torrens, M.Calvo Costa, J.H.Calvete Margolles, C.Latorre Górriz, M.A.Casasús Pueyo, I.Panea Doblao, B.Sanz…Publication Date 2009
- cattle
- grazing systems
- livestock management
- Pasture Improvement
- pastures
- nutritive value
- soil chemicophysical properties
- Experimentation
- Experimentation
- Library Collection RecordInterseeding alfalfa into rangelands has been assessed for decades as a method of range improvement to increase forage production and forage quality for livestock. Research was initiated in 2001 to…Publication Date 2005-09-01
- yellow-flowered alfalfa
- rangeland improvement
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordTannins are secondary metabolites that may influence feeding by mammals on plants. We analyzed hydrolyzable and condensed tannins in 30 plant species consumed by livestock and deer, as a preliminary…Publication Date 2003-09-01
- Ericaceae
- astringency
- forest ecosystems
- Rubus
- Rosaceae
- livestock feeding
- hydrolyzable tannins
- digestible protein
- deer
- proanthocyanidins
- Spain
- palatability
- forage quality
- tannins
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- seasonal variation
- nutritive value
- wildlife food habits
- chemical constituents of plants
- astringency
- nutritional quality
- Galicia
- Library Collection RecordIt was proposed that the digestibility of organic matter (OMD) can be estimated from the relationship between total fecal nitrogen (TFN, as a % of organic matter intake (OMI) and fecal nitrogen…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- organic matter digestibility
- feeding level
- Panicum coloratum
- equations
- feces composition
- chemical composition
- digestibility
- sheep
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- seasonal variation
- Argentina
- green fodders
- maturity stage
- fecal index
- nutritive value
- N fecal
- rams
- Library Collection RecordElk sedge (Carex geyeri Boott) is one of the most important livestock and big game forages in many areas of the western U.S. It is one of the most prominent forage species in the diets of cattle and…Publication Date 2003-01-01
- Physocarpus opulifolius
- date
- Festuca
- Carex geyeri
- Carex
- protein content
- Pinus ponderosa
- fiber content
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- chemical composition
- Oregon
- crude protein
- plant communities
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- forage
- Carex geyeri
- cattle
- graminoids
- nutrition
- phenology
- season
- Library Collection RecordThere is little information on the impact of grazing intensity on productivity and sustainability of intensively managed pastures in the humid, short-season parkland of the Canadian prairies. Our…Publication Date 2002-11-01
- urine
- Bromus riparius
- sward
- biogeochemical cycles
- controlled grazing
- feces composition
- Alberta
- leaf area index
- pastures
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- range management
- plant litter
- beef cattle
- forage
- dry matter
- nutrient flow
- productivity
- disappearance
- residual
- pastures
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2002-04-01
- nutritive value
- waterfowl
- wetlands
- forage
- wildlife
- habitats
- prairies
- Great Plains region
- livestock feeding
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordPrickly pear (Opuntia sp.) is both a benefit and hindrance to the livestock industry in the southwestern U.S. It competes with herbaceous forage but is sometimes used as emergency feed during drought…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- Opuntia
- organic matter
- nitrogen balance
- training (animals)
- Opuntia phaeacantha
- opuntia rufida
- weed control
- voluntary intake
- selective grazing
- prescribed burning
- digestibility
- crude protein
- goats
- nutritive value
- Opuntia
- food novelty
- learning
- diet preference
- browsing
- protein
- nitrogen balance
- forage digestibility
- Library Collection RecordThe anti-quality effects of the major groups of insects that utilize rangeland plants for food is discussed. The biology, ecology, geographical distribution and economic thresholds of grasshoppers,…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- rangelands
- insect pests
- nutritive value
- defoliation
- quality
- ecology
- Pogonomyrmex
- geographical distribution
- Orthoptera
- pasture plants
- literature reviews
- pest control
- biology
- pest management
- Lepidoptera
- Miridae
- grasshoppers
- hemilenca oliviae
- grasshoppers
- harvester ants
- range caterpillar
- big eyed bugs
- rangeland insects
- Library Collection RecordPlants possess a wide variety of compounds and growth forms that are termed "anti-quality" factors because they reduce forage value and deter grazing. Anti-quality attributes can reduce a…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- allelochemicals
- food intake
- detoxification
- animal husbandry
- energy content
- metabolism
- flavor
- toxicity
- nutrient content
- foraging
- nutrient availability
- tolerance
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- selective grazing
- herbivores
- nutritive value
- quality
- literature reviews
- grazing
- forage
- anti-quality
- conditioned aversions
- detoxification
- diet selection
- forage quality
- foraging
- grazing behavior
- toxic plants
- Library Collection RecordAlthough recognized in importance from the dawn of history, forages have too often been underestimated and undervalued perhaps in part because animal performance has frequently failed to reflect…Publication Date 2001-07-01
- plant diseases and disorders
- immune response
- morbidity
- animal health
- sexual reproduction
- antinutritional factors
- Festuca arundinacea
- nutritional status
- toxicity
- mineral content
- economic analysis
- liveweight gain
- mortality
- adaptation
- animal behavior
- secondary metabolites
- digestibility
- insect pests
- nutritive value
- literature reviews
- livestock
- forage
- feed intake
- chemical constituents of plants
- nutrition
- animal health
- performance
- forage quality
- toxins
- Library Collection RecordCholla cactus may serve as an emergency feedstuff for livestock when forage availability is low. A study was conducted at the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center to evaluate the nutritive…Publication Date 2001-05-01
- processing technology
- spines
- opuntia imbricata
- moisture content
- organic matter
- burning
- leaves
- cows
- mineral content
- stems
- estimation
- fiber content
- feeds
- digestibility
- crude protein
- rumen fermentation
- nutritive value
- livestock
- New Mexico
- forage
- dry matter
- drought forages
- mineral content
- emergency feeding
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2001-02-01
- energy content
- seasons
- altitude
- phosphorus
- nutritive value
- crude protein
- comparisons
- grasses
- quality
- forage
- rain
- Arizona
- Library Collection RecordSpotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lam.), an Eurasian perennial forb, is replacing many native perennial grasses, such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis Elmer.), throughout the Northern Rocky…Publication Date 2001-01-01
- noxious substances
- cnicin
- Festuca idahoensis
- weed palatability
- leaves
- canopy gaps
- stems
- ambient temperature
- weed control
- fiber content
- rain
- selective grazing
- crude protein
- sheep
- in vitro digestibility
- Centaurea maculosa
- seasonal variation
- introduced species
- invasive species
- nutritive value
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- weed
- Centaurea maculosa
- Festuca idahoensis
- utilization
- nutritive value
- Library Collection RecordSamples of Cetraria islandica, Cetraria nivalis, Cladina stellaris,Cladina arbuscula, Cladina rangiferina and Stereocaulon paschalewere collected at 3 sites in 2 mountain areas in Norway. Alectoria…Publication Date 2000-11-01
- artificial rumen
- glucose
- solubility
- Cetraria
- Lecanorales
- mannose
- galactose
- polysaccharides
- galactomannans
- beta-glucans
- Cladonia stellaris
- Stereocaulon paschale
- cladonia rangiferina
- cetraria islandica
- cetraria nivalis
- cladonia arbuscula
- lichenan
- Norway
- reindeer
- fiber content
- in vitro digestibility
- rumen fermentation
- nutritive value
- Cetraria spp.
- Cladina spp.
- Alectoria ochroleuca
- Stereocaulon paschale
- dietary fiber
- lichenan
- in vitro gas production
- Library Collection RecordThe Ecological Index Method impacted directly on the estimation of grazing capacities in the Karoo, an arid region in South Africa. Due to inherent deficiencies in the ecological index method, index…Publication Date 2000-09-01
- Limax
- pioneer species
- agronomic traits
- arid grasslands
- carrying capacity
- nutrient requirements
- climax communities
- South Africa
- veld
- estimation
- digestibility
- sheep
- range management
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- canopy
- grasses
- available dry matter production
- canopy spread cover
- current grazing capability
- [K divided by (Ca + Mg)
- total digestible nutrients
- Library Collection RecordEastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.) is a perennial warm-season bunchgrass that starts growth earlier in the spring than most other warm-season grasses. This suggests that combining…Publication Date 1999-11-01
- Tripsacum dactyloides
- Tripsacum
- protein content
- liveweight gain
- Bothriochloa ischaemum
- rain
- stocking rate
- Oklahoma
- grazing intensity
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- grazing
- beef cattle
- plant height
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordAngora mutton goats (Capra hircus) were fed diets of either live oak [Quercus virginiana (Small) Sarg. var. fusiformis], alfalfa hay (Medicago sativa L.), Coastal bermudagrass hay (Cynodon dactylon (…Publication Date 1999-03-01
- Juniperus ashei
- urine
- alfalfa
- alfalfa hay
- autumn
- nitrogen balance
- Quercus virginiana
- water intake
- angora
- brush control
- spring
- voluntary intake
- hay
- goats
- nutritive value
- browsing
- dry matter
- feed intake
- Library Collection RecordThe effect of the growing season and topographic zone on biomass production, protein content, cell content (CC), lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, digestibility (DMD), and mineral element…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- cellulose
- cells
- nutrient deficiencies
- Spain
- hemicellulose
- mineral content
- legumes
- semiarid grasslands
- lignin
- protein content
- fiber content
- sodium
- slope
- forbs
- phosphorus
- digestibility
- cattle
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- botanical composition
- nutritive value
- grasses