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Exploring ‘Wether’ Grazing Patterns Differed in Native or Introduced Pastures in the Monaro Region of Australia

Animals, 2023
Monitoring livestock allows insights to graziers on valuable information such as spatial distribution, foraging patterns, and animal behavior, which can significantly improve the management of livestock for optimal production.
Danica Parnell, Jack Edwards, Lachlan Ingram   +2 more
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Frequent Allocation of Rotationally Grazed Dairy Cows Changes Grazing Behavior and Improves Productivity [PDF]

Journal of Dairy Science, 2008
Twenty Holstein cows were blocked in 2 groups according to milk yield to evaluate the effect of frequency of allocation to new grazing plots on pasture intake, grazing behavior, rumen characteristics, and milk yield. The 2 treatments, daily allocation to 0.125-ha plots (1D) or allocation every 4 d to 0.5-ha plots (4D) of Lolium perenne L., were tested ...
Abrahamse, P.A., Dijkstra, J., Vlaeminck, B., Tamminga, S.   +3 more
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Grazing Systems, Pasture Size, and Cattle Grazing Behavior, Distribution and Gains [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1993
Reduced pasture size and distance to water may be responsible for the alleged benefits of intensive time-controlled rotation grazing systems. We compared cattle gains, activity, distance traveled, and forage utilization on a time-controlled rotation system with eight 24-ha pastures, on two 24-ha pastures grazed continuously (season-long), and on a 207 ...
R. H. Hart, J. Bissio, M. J. Samuel, J. W. Waggoner   +3 more
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Effect of Post-grazing Sward Height on Ingestive Behavior, Dry Matter Intake, and Milk Production of Holstein Dairy Cows

Frontiers 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, Pamela Yanina Giles, Matías Oborsky, Oliver Fast, Diego Antonio Mattiauda, Teresa Cristina Moraes Genro, Pablo Chilibroste   +6 more
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Canopy characteristics and behavior of Nellore heifers in Brachiaria brizantha pastures under different grazing heights at a continuous stocking rate

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2011
The objective of this study was to evaluate the Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu canopy structure maintained at different grazing heights under a continuous stocking rate and with a dietary supplementation strategy for the animals during the rainy season.
Daniel Rume Casagrande, Mariana Vieira Azenha, André Luis da Silva Valente, Bruno Ramalho Vieira, Matheus Henrique Moretti, Ana Cláudia Ruggieri, Telma Teresinha Berchielli, Ricardo Andrade Reis   +7 more
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Cattle Grazing and Behavior on a Forested Range [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1982
Environmental and topographic parameters on a mountainous forested range were analyzed to establish causes of cattle behavioral responses. Distinct home range groups of cattle were identified through examination of quality and patterns of forage use, cattle distribution, herd social structure, and cattle activities.
Leonard Roy Roath, William C. Krueger
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Distance from Night Penning Areas as an Effective Proxy to Estimate Site Use Intensity by Grazing Sheep in the Alps

Agronomy, 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, Alessandra Gorlier, Ginevra Nota, Marco Pittarello, Giampiero Lombardi, Michele Lonati   +5 more
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Assessing Herbivore Foraging Behavior with GPS Collars in a Semiarid Grassland

Sensors, 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.

JDS 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
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Behavioral Factors in Rotational Grazing Systems [PDF]

Rangelands, 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.
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