Tall fescue sward structure affects the grazing process of sheep. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 AbstractThe study of factors influencing animal intake can provide a better understanding of the dynamics of the pasture ecosystem and serve as a basis for managing livestock in a more efficient way. We measured different sward surface heights of tall fescue in the process of short-term intake rate of sheep.
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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 +7 more
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Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, 2021 White clover (Trifolium repens L.) is at a disadvantage to perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.; PRG) due to its limited cold tolerance and low growth rates at colder temperatures, which can affect subsequent spring herbage dry matter (DM) availability.
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Sward structure, light interception and herbage accumulation in forage peanut cv. Belmonte subjected to strategies of intermittent grazing management [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2016 Nitrogen fertilization ensures productivity and persistency of pastures, but may be expensive. Perennial forage peanut, becomes an interesting alternative for N supply. Little is known about its use under grazing.
Henrique Bauab Brunetti +3 more
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Sward structure and nutritive value of Alexandergrass fertilized with nitrogen [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2016 This experiment evaluated forage production, sward structure, stocking rate, weight gain per area and nutritive value of forage as grazed by beef heifers on Alexandergrass (Urochloa plantaginea (Link) Hitch) pasture fertilized with nitrogen (N): 0; 100 ...
Paulo R. Salvador +7 more
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Animal Nutritional Response to Sward Structure Under Short Duration Grazing Management
, 2021 A ten-paddock short duration grazing cell was stocked with yearling heifers at a stocking rate of 0.7 ha per animal unit month and a stocking density of 0.14 ha per animal unit. A continuously-season- long-grazed (CSLG) pasture was used as a control. It was stocked at the same stocking rate, but at a stocking density of 1.4 ha per animal unit.
K. C. Olson
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Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2020 Height and mowing of a sward in late winter can change its structure during the subsequent spring and summer seasons, which influences plant growth and animal performance.
Manoel E.R. Santos +5 more
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Sward structure management for a maximum short‐term intake rate in annual ryegrass [PDF]
Grass and Forage Science, 2012 AbstractThis study tested the hypothesis that different sward structures, which were constructed by varying the pre‐ and post‐grazing sward heights of annual ryegrass pasture (Lolium multiflorumLam.) in southernBrazil, affect the short‐term intake rate (STIR) by dairy cows.
M. F. Amaral +6 more
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Grazing management strategies for massaigrass-forage peanut pastures: 3. definition of sward targets and carrying capacity Estratégias de manejo do pastejo para pastos consorciados de capim-massai e amendoim forrageiro: 3. definição de alvos de manejo e da capacidade de suporte [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2006 This study was carried out to define sward management targets for mixed Massaigrass (Panicum maximum x P. infestum, cv. Massai) and forage peanut (Arachis pintoi Ac 01) pastures in the Western Brazilian Amazon.
Carlos Mauricio Soares de Andrade +3 more
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Influence of sward structure on daily intake and foraging behaviour by horses
Animal, 2009 The spatial heterogeneity of grasslands determines the abundance and quality of food resources for grazing animals. As plants mature, they increase in mass, which allows greater instantaneous intake rates, but the cell wall concentrations increase too, reducing diet quality.
Géraldine Fleurance +4 more
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