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Determining the pre-grazing sward height of Kikuyu grass (Cenchrus clandestinus - Hochst. ex Chiov.) for optimizing nutrient intake rate of dairy heifers. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2022
Understanding the grazing process and animal response to sward structures (e.g., sward height) is key to setting targets for efficient grazing management.
Alejandra Marín Gómez, Emilio A Laca, Tiago Celso Baldissera, Cassiano Eduardo Pinto, Fábio Cervo Garagorry, Angel S Zubieta, Carolina Bremm, Jerôme Bindelle, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho   +8 more
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Herbage growth rates on heterogeneous swards as influenced by sward‐height classes

Grass and Forage Science, 2009
AbstractThe contribution of four classes of sward height to daily herbage growth rates of a heterogeneous sward in eight periods throughout a grazing season was investigated in two continuous cattle‐grazing systems differing in intensity (moderate stocking rate: MC; lenient stocking rate: LC).
J Isselstein
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Mowing and lowering the marandu palisadegrass sward height at late winter improve the sward structure

Bioscience Journal, 2020
The structure of the sward is important because it influences the responses of plants and animals in grazing conditions. The objective with this work was to evaluate the structural characteristics of the Marandu palisade grass pasture (Brachiaria ...
Manoel Eduardo Rozalino Santos, Bruno Humberto Rezende Carvalho, Henrique Cesar Rodrigues Nogueira, Gabriel de Oliveira Rocha, Flávia de Oliveira Scarpino van Cleef, Gustavo Segatto Borges, Bruno Gomes Borges, Hélio Henrique Vilela   +7 more
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Ingestive Behavior of Young Lambs on Contrasting Tropical Grass Sward Heights [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
The efficiency of grazing ruminant production systems is directly associated to the animals' ingestive behavior, and to structural characteristics of the pastures.
Joseane Anjos da Silva, Cesar Henrique Espirito Candal Poli, Jalise Fabíola Tontini, Lívia Raymundo Irigoyen, Elisa Cristina Modesto, Juan Jose Villalba   +5 more
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Effects of Post-Grazing Sward Height and Early or Late Turnout Date to Pasture on the Performance of Dairy Cross-Bred Steers [PDF]

Animals
Efficient grazing management is critical for optimising animal growth and carcass quality in dairy beef systems; however, the combined effects of turnout date to spring pasture and post-grazing sward height have not been well quantified.
Andrew Mc Namee, Denis Mc Crudden, Edward G. O’Riordan   +2 more
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Effects of postgrazing sward height on individual and per-hectare milk production of supplemented high-producing dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science
: Residual sward height management is a key factor influencing milk production and grazed forage utilization per cow and per hectare in pasture-based dairy systems.
Gabriel Menegazzi, Carolina Dorao, Cecilia Loza, Daniel Talmón, Diego A. Mattiauda, Teresa Cristina M. Genro, Walter J.J. Gerrits, Jan Dijkstra, Pablo Chilibroste   +8 more
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In vitro Fermentation Profile and Methane Production of Kikuyu Grass Harvested at Different Sward Heights

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Highly digestible forages are associated with an in vitro low-methane (CH4) rumen fermentation profile and thus the possibility of reducing CH4 emissions from forage-based systems.
Alejandra Marín, Alejandra Marín, Alejandra Marín, Jérôme Bindelle, Ángel S. Zubieta, Guillermo Correa, Jacobo Arango, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho   +9 more
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The morphogenesis of marandu palisadegrass at fixed or variable heights in different seasons of the year

Bioscience Journal, 2020
Height variations in a sward over the year may be efficient for increasing plant growth, compared with maintenance of the sward at a constant height. Thus, this experiment was conducted from February 2013 to May 2014 to characterise the development of ...
Manoel Eduardo Rozalino Santos, Róger Carvalho Cardoso, Guilherme Portes Silva, Bruno Humberto Rezende Carvalho, Kelen Cristina Basso, Flávia de Oliveira Scarpino Van Cleef, Angélica Nunes de Carvalho, Jéssica Abreu de Sá Medica   +7 more
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Infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus found from the base to the top of the grass sward

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021
The resistance of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) of sheep to anthelmintic treatment has motivated researchers to seek alternatives to reduce the use of these drugs in sheep farming and decontaminate pastureland based on knowledge about the survival ...
Jennifer Mayara Gasparina, Renata Grasieli Baby, Lidiane Fonseca, Patrizia Ana Bricarello, Raquel Abdallah da Rocha   +4 more
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Effect of grazing management strategies on the yield and nutritional value of Marandu grass in the semiarid of Brazil

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2021
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of two grazing management strategies on structural, productive and nutritional parameters of Marandu grass (Urochloa brizantha cv. Marandu).
Maria Catiane Araújo Silva Veloso, Eleuza Clarete Junqueira de Sales, Flávio Pinto Monção, Vicente Ribeiro Rocha Júnior, Virgílio Mesquita Gomes, Dorismar David Alves, Sidnei Tavares dos Reis, João Paulo Sampaio Rigueira, Amanda Maria Silva Alencar, Ignacio Aspiazú   +9 more
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