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Effects of Stocking Rate and Environmental Enrichment on the Ontogeny of Pecking Behavior of Laying Hen Pullets Confined in Aviary Compartments during the First 4 Weeks of Life [PDF]

Animals, 2022
The objective of this study was to describe the ontogeny of the severe feather pecking (SFP), gentle feather pecking (GFP), aggressive pecking (AP), and enrichment pecking (EP) of non-beak-trimmed Lohmann Brown (LB)-pullets during the first 4 weeks of ...
Angela Schwarzer, Michael Erhard, Paul Schmidt, Miriam Zismann, Helen Louton   +4 more
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Effect of the dam’s feeding regimen on the meat quality of light suckling lambs [PDF]

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2010
In order to verify the effect of the introduction of concentrates without GMO risk and at low aflatoxin risk in the diet of grazing milk ewes on the quanti-qualitative production of meat of their milk-fed light lambs, two trials were carried out - in ...
G. Molle, A. Di Grigoli, A. Bonanno, E. Piasentier, M. Morgante   +4 more
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Trait-mediated linkages and stocking rate thresholds in plant-community-soil feedbacks to long-term grazing in a Stipa breviflora desert steppe [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionStipa breviflora desert steppe serves as a critical ecological barrier in arid and semi-arid regions, where grazing represents the dominant land use practice.
Jiangwen Li, Jiangwen Li, Yiwei Feng, Liping Li, Xiaoxi Zhang, Meiyan Fang, Qirui Ye, Jiahui Hao, Guodong Han, Guodong Han, Guodong Han   +10 more
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Modelling the impacts of pasture contamination and stocking rate for the development of targeted selective treatment strategies for Ostertagia ostertagi infection in calves. [PDF]

Vet Parasitol, 2017
A simulation study was carried out to assess whether variation in pasture contamination or stocking rate impact upon the optimal design of targeted selective treatment (TST) strategies. Two methods of TST implementation were considered: 1) treatment of a
Berk Z, Laurenson YCSM, Forbes AB, Kyriazakis I.   +3 more
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Direct and indirect nutritional factors that determine reproductive performance of heifer and primiparous cows.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Pregnancy rate is a major determinant of population dynamics of wild ungulates and of productivity of livestock systems. Allocation of feeding resources, including stocking rates, prior to and during the breeding season is a crucial determinant of this ...
Lidiane R Eloy, Carolina Bremm, José F P Lobato, Luciana Pötter, Emilio A Laca   +4 more
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Grazing intensity as a management strategy in tropical grasses for beef cattle production: a meta-analysis

Animal, 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, G.S. Difante, A.B.G. Costa, A.L.C. Gurgel, M.A. Ferreira Jr., G.T. Santos   +5 more
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On-Farm Assessment of Soil Quality in Low and High Grazing Under Integrated Crop-Livestock System in South Dakota

Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
Integrated crop-livestock system (ICLS) has the potential to enhance soils quality by improving soil chemical, physical, and biological parameters especially soil organic carbon.
Bee Chim, Sandeep Kumar, Atilla Polat, Shannon Osborne   +3 more
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An early warning signal for grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Nature Communications, 2023
Intense grazing may lead to grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, but it is difficult to predict where this will occur and to quantify it.
Qiuan Zhu, Huai Chen, Changhui Peng, Jinxun Liu, Shilong Piao, Jin-Sheng He, Shiping Wang, Xinquan Zhao, Jiang Zhang, Xiuqin Fang, Jiaxin Jin, Qi-En Yang, Liliang Ren, Yanfen Wang   +13 more
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Less Is More: Lowering Cattle Stocking Rates Enhances Wild Herbivore Habitat Use and Cattle Foraging Efficiency

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Over a quarter of the world’s land surface is grazed by cattle and other livestock, which are replacing wild herbivores and widely regarded as drivers of global biodiversity declines.
Harry B. M. Wells, Harry B. M. Wells, Harry B. M. Wells, Ramiro D. Crego, Jackson Ekadeli, Mathew Namoni, Duncan M. Kimuyu, Duncan M. Kimuyu, Wilfred O. Odadi, Wilfred O. Odadi, Lauren M. Porensky, Lauren M. Porensky, Andrew J. Dougill, Lindsay C. Stringer, Lindsay C. Stringer, Truman P. Young, Truman P. Young   +16 more
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Estimating Herbage Mass on Pastures to Adjust Stocking Rate

EDIS, 2019
This new 6-page document explains methods to measure forage mass and utilize that information to estimate an adequate stocking rate. Written by Jose Dubeux, Marcelo Wallau, João Vendramini, Liliane Silva, Jane Griffin, Nicolas DiLorenzo, and Erick ...
Jose Dubeux, Marcelo Wallau, Joao Vendramini, Liliane Silva, Jane Griffin, Nicolas DiLorenzo, Erick Santos   +6 more
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