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Effect of Post-grazing Sward Height on Ingestive Behavior, Dry Matter Intake, and Milk Production of Holstein Dairy Cows

open access: yesFrontiers in Animal Science, 2021
Sward height is strongly related to the daily dry matter intake of grazing dairy cows, which consequently determines animal performance. Despite that, few studies have explored the potential to increase milk production by managing post-grazing sward ...
Gabriel Menegazzi   +6 more
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Distance from Night Penning Areas as an Effective Proxy to Estimate Site Use Intensity by Grazing Sheep in the Alps

open access: yesAgronomy, 2019
Livestock site use intensity can vary widely across a grazing area due to several factors such as topography and distance from sheds and water sources. However, an accurate approximation of animal site use should be assessed for each part of the grazing ...
Simone Ravetto Enri   +5 more
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Assessing Herbivore Foraging Behavior with GPS Collars in a Semiarid Grassland

open access: yesSensors, 2013
Advances in global positioning system (GPS) technology have dramatically enhanced the ability to track and study distributions of free-ranging livestock. Understanding factors controlling the distribution of free-ranging livestock requires the ability to
Justin D. Derner, David J. Augustine
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Precision technologies to improve dairy grazing systems** Presented as part of the Joint ADSA Midwest Branch/Forages and Pastures Symposium: Grazing to Improve Profitability of Midwest Dairy Farms held at the ADSA Annual Meeting, June 2022.

open access: yesJDS Communications, 2023
Pasture-based dairy herds continue to grow around the world as demand increases for sustainable farming practices. Grazing dairy farmers may benefit from the utilization of precision dairy technologies because these technologies have the potential to ...
B.J. Heins, G.M. Pereira, K.T. Sharpe
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioral Factors in Rotational Grazing Systems [PDF]

open access: yesRangelands, 2009
Many in the range profession are perplexed by the apparent discrepancy between experimental studies suggesting that rotational grazing carries no advantage over continuous grazing1 and the observations of ranchers and range mana gers who have personally seen benefi ts for livestock pro duction and plant communities by shifting to a rotational system.2 ...
Burritt, Elizabeth A., Brunson, Mark W.
openaire   +3 more sources

Inference of the Activity Timeline of Cattle Foraging on a Mediterranean Woodland Using GPS and Pedometry

open access: yesSensors, 2010
The advent of the Global Positioning System (GPS) has transformed our ability to track livestock on rangelands. However, GPS data use would be greatly enhanced if we could also infer the activity timeline of an animal.
Yehuda Yehuda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informal Institutions and Herders’ Grazing Intensity Reduction Behavior: Evidence from Pastoral Areas in China

open access: yesLand, 2022
Overgrazing is the key factor that has exacerbated grassland degradation in China’s pastoral regions. Herder’s grazing-based livestock production behavior becomes important to grassland conservation. Several formal environmental institutions and policies
Lijia Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sheep Grazing Behavior as Affected by Supplementation [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Range Management, 1990
Behavioral characteristics of supplemented (S; 23% crude protein, 3.41 mcal DE/kg) and nonsupplemented (N) ewes grazing native New Mexico rangeland were monitored from December 1983 to August 1984. Four marked ewes were observed per treatment group.
Patrick G. Hatfield   +3 more
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On the Search for Grazing Personalities: From Individual to Collective Behaviors [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
While grazing lands can offer a diverse range of forages, individuals within herds prefer to graze some habitats and not others. They can have consistent differences in grazing patterns and occupy specific spatial domains, whilst developing tactics and strategies for foraging that are specific to their grazing personalities.
Moreno García, CA   +3 more
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Animal behavior and pasture depletion in a pasture-based automatic milking system

open access: yesAnimal, 2014
In pasture-based automatic milking systems (AMS), feed is the main incentive that can be managed to encourage reliable and consistent voluntary and distributed cow traffic.
N.A. Lyons   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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