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Metabolic profile of female lambs on annual ryegrass pasture managed under different grazing intensities and methods [PDF]

open access: yesArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2020
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of grazing methods and intensities on the metabolic profile of lambs grazing ryegrass. This study was performed in Eldorado do Sul (RS).
S. Macari   +6 more
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Grazing intensity as a management strategy in tropical grasses for beef cattle production: a meta-analysis

open access: yesAnimal, 2021
Correct pasture management associated with the adjustment of grazing intensity determines pasture persistence and the level of production per animal and per land area.
C.M. Costa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marandu grass pastures with the same average height and different horizontal structures change the feeding behavior of grazing sheep?

open access: yesArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2023
The objective was to investigate the feeding behavior of sheep in marandu grass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu) pastures under continuous stocking with the same average height and different horizontal structures.
J.G. Silva   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grazing Intensity Impacts on Herbage Mass, Sward Structure, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Animal Performance: Analysis of Brachiaria Pastureland

open access: yesAgronomy, 2020
A 7 year experiment (2008–2014) evaluated cattle grazing intensity (sward height) effects on herbage mass, forage quality, and greenhouse gas emissions in continuously stocked pastures containing the tropical ‘Marandu’ palisade grass (Brachiaria ...
Ana Cláudia Ruggieri   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Production of sheep grazing on nitrogen-fertilized tifton 85 grass in continuous stocking

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2014
Biomass and forage volume density and the performance and stocking rate of sheep on pastures with nitrogen-fertilized Tifton 85 and subjected to a continuous stocking system were evaluated.
Andréia Luciane Moreira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pika burrow and zokor mound density and their relationship with grazing management and sheep production in alpine meadow

open access: yesEcosphere, 2020
Plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) and plateau zokors (Myospalax baileyi) occur naturally in the alpine meadow of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP). Their feeding and burrowing activities affect plant composition and soil properties (e.g., soil carbon ...
Yingxin Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cattle production supplemented on signal grass pastures during the rainy season

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2016
The effects of four supplement doses (0, 1, 2 and 3 kg animal-1 day-1) on pasture characteristics and on cattle production on Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk pastures in continuous stocking with variable stocking rate were assessed. Experimental design
Manoel Eduardo Rozalino Santos   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable fisheries in shallow lakes: an independent empirical test of the Chinese mitten crab yield model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Next to excessive nutrient loading, intensive aquaculture is one of the major anthropogenic impacts threatening lake ecosystems. In China, particularly in the shallow lakes of mid-lower Changjiang (Yangtze) River, continuous overstocking of the Chinese ...
Liang Xiaomin, Wang Haijun, Wang Hongzhu
core   +1 more source

Morphogenesis and tissue flow in Tanzânia grass under different forage allowances

open access: yesSemina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014
This study was conducted to identify effective strategies for grazing managing of Panicum maximum Jacq cv. Tanzãnia, under continuous stocking with variable stocking rate, based on assessments of their morphogenetic and structural characteristics.
Marco Aurélio Alves de Freitas Barbosa   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Castor cake as organic fertilizer to control gastrointestinal nematodes in pasture-raised sheep

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020
Gastrointestinal parasitism is one of the factors that discourages farmers from raising small ruminants in cultivated pastures. To validate a soil treatment strategy to control the free-living stages of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN), castor cake (CC ...
Jéssica Sousa Maranguape   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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