Relationships between sheep nematode infection, nutrition, and grazing behavior on improved and semi-natural pastures [PDF]
Veterinary and Animal Science, 2023 Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) are key parasites of grazing sheep worldwide. To understand the factors influencing GIN infections, we examined the relationships among infection and nutrition, foraging behavior, and animal performance.
Yu Yoshihara +3 more
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Natural and improved natural pastures on the reproductive performance of first-calf beef cows Pastagens naturais e melhoradas no desempenho reprodutivo de vacas de corte primíparas [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2011 This work evaluated the reproductive performance of first-calf cows at three years of age, submitted or not to protein supplementation at yearling on natural pastures. After calving, cows were managed on natural or improved pastures.
Soraya Tanure +2 more
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Effects on biodiversity in semi-natural pastures of giving the grazing animals access to additional nutrient sources: a systematic review [PDF]
Environmental EvidenceBackground Traditionally managed semi-natural pastures are recognised for their high biodiversity. One drawback is that these pastures are often low in fodder production and hence rather unprofitable, which may lead to abandonment.
Simon Jakobsson +6 more
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Assessment of the ecological state of pastures and methods of their improvement, adapted to the conditions of global climate change [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2021 The article provides information on the state of natural pastures and methods for improving degraded pastures by overseeding perennial drought-resistant forage crops using resource-saving technologies adapted to the conditions of global climate change.
Mukimov Tolibjon +4 more
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Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023 The aim of this study was to evaluate the economic feasibility of integrating Jamnapari goats into underutilized pasture lands under coconut cultivations managed by the Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka. Naturally grown and improved pasture samples
Tharindu D. Nuwarapaksha +4 more
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LEAVES AREA AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS OF DOMINANT PLANTS OF RURAL PASTURES IN THE STEPPE BELT OF MOUNT ARAGATS IN ARMENIA [PDF]
Volga Region Farmland, 2020 The article summarizes the scientific results on the assimilation surface and the content of pho-tosynthetic pigments in the leaves of plants in the main meadow groups of the southwestern slope of Mount Aragats (1300-1900 m above sea level).
T.A. Sargsyan +2 more
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Feasibility Study of Pastures and Forests Endowment with Comparative Approach in Imamiyya Jurisprudence [PDF]
مطالعات فقه اسلامی و مبانی حقوق, 2023 Today’s mankind have a great place for their natural resources and environment. Special rulings, in Islamic jurisprudence, have been obligated on natural resources such as pastures and forests.
Sayyid Ali Dalbari +2 more
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Environmental Evidence, 2021 Background Semi-natural pastures are unfertilized grasslands with a long history of traditional low-input grazing management. This kind of pastures are recognized for their high species richness. However, as a consequence of modernization of agriculture,
Ida Envall +5 more
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Problems of Efficient Use of Natural Pastures
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021 Abstract The North-Eastern part of Russia is a large territory with a harsh climate. Here temperature range from -65 C to +35 C. Soil is cryosolic and pale-yellow. Native people living on that territory cultivate crops, breed horses, reindeers, and livestock animals. More than 90% of agriculturally used areas is a forage land.
M I Strekalovskaya +2 more
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More stable productivity of semi natural grasslands than sown pastures in a seasonally dry climate. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 In the Neotropics the predominant pathway to intensify productivity is generally thought to be to convert grasslands to sown pastures, mostly in monoculture.
Sonia Ospina +4 more
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