Measuring animal performance and herbage intake
Herbage Intake Determination Methods of Grazing Animals
... determine intake of grazing ...determining herbage intake from performance of an animal is reliable and less expensive than other methods for dairy cows grazing and having additional ...
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Foraging behaviour and herbage intake in the favourable tropics/subtropics
... and animal resources favour the production of environmentally safe, healthy and low cost animal products, via efficient, competitive and economically viable pastoral ...However, animal production ...
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Effects of sward characteristics and concentrate supplementation on herbage intake and performance of lactating dairy cows at pasture
... that herbage intake increases with higher levels of herbage allowance (Greenhalgh et al, 1966; Le Du et al, 1979; Stakelum, 1986b; Stakelum, ...on herbage intake, and especially sward ...
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Herbage Characteristics Affecting Intake by Dairy Heifers Grazing Grass-Monoculture and Grass-Birdsfoot Trefoil
... matter intake is often limited when dairy animals receive most of their herbage from pasture, resulting in lower animal performance and milk ...improve intake of dairy ...
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Grazing with heifers and sows alone or mixed: herbage quality, sward structure and animal weight gain
... in animal weight gain per hectare were approximately 33% and 42% in the MI and AL systems, respectively, whereas it was approximately 12% in the MI system in Trial 2, compared with the mean of the systems where ...
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Application of intraruminal chromium controlled release capsules to the measurement of herbage intake of sheep at pasture : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science at Massey University
... of intake on the R trea t ment , rela tive to :24 h continuou s grazing, was not reflected in i n creased d i u rnal variation in chromium concent ra t i on ...
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Measuring Food Intake and Nutrient Absorption in Caenorhabditis elegans
... food intake behavior (pharyngeal pumping) and protein synthesis by measuring ingestion, ab- sorption, and assimilation of nutrients into the ...influence animal behavior or ...
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Increased nitrogen fertilization of marandu grass and protein supplementation: herbage intake, feeding behavior and digestion of nellore heifers
... productive performance of Nellore ...evaluated animal performance, nutrient digestibility and intake, mean daily weight gain, feed conversion, and the levels of urea in blood ...parameters ...
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The effect of herbage allowance on the performance of lactating dairy cows : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Animal Science at Massey University
... ABSTRACT Three groups of six cows were offered daily herbage allowances of 53, 33, and 13.5 kg OM cow-l for a 5 week p erio d in early lactation. These allowances resulted in apparent dry matter intakes of 15.8, ...
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The effect of herbage allowance on the performance of lactating dairy cows : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Animal Science at Massey University
... 1 1 5 Gree n h a l gh ( 19 70 ) c on du c te d the o n l y ex pe r i men t i n wh i ch di ffe re n t he rb a g e a l l ow a n ces h a ve been a p p l i ed i n th e l on g t e rm a n d me a s u remen ts o f h e rb a ge ...
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The onset of puberty and herbage intake in different selection lines of Angus cattle : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Appled Science (MApplSc) in Animal Science, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... Intake was measured on two occasions using n-alkanes (M 1 and M2 respectively) and the pre- and post-grazing technique (M3 and M4 respectively). Average liveweight (LW) and estimated herbage intake ...
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The onset of puberty and herbage intake in different selection lines of Angus cattle : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Appled Science (MApplSc) in Animal Science, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... CHAPTER FIVE Discussion male animals were used to detect behavioural oestrus for the reasons expressed in Section 3.4. 1 . In conclusion, the large differences in age and weight at puberty between the present trial and ...
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Herbage intake by steers grazing in a natural grassland with predominance of Andropogon lateralis Nees managed under different canopy heights
... “Herbage intake by steers grazing in a natural grassland with predominance of Andropogon lateralis Nees managed under different canopy heights” declared, for all due purposes, the project that gave rise to ...
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Effects of Grazing Abandoned Grassland on Herbage Production and Utilization, and Sheep Preference and Performance
... Sheep on rangeland are, however, also associated with risk factors such as undetected disease and predators causing suffering as well as lamb losses. Providing ewes and lambs with an extended spring grazing period, and ...
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An Exploration of Biological Mechanisms that Impact Intake and Feed Efficiency in the Grazing Animal
... as animal productivity per area has become a concern in order to maintain the food ...and animal performance, forage utilization systems, and forage cultivar ...
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Effects of time of maize silage supplementation on herbage intake, milksolids production, nitrogen partitioning and rumen function of lactating dairy cows
... the animal response to supplementary ...the animal response to the supplement through effects on rumen fill and satiety of grazing dairy ...to herbage, concentrate supplementation in the morning ...
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Effect of sward surface height on herbage intake and performance of finishing beef cattle : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Plant Science at Massey University
... EFFECT OF SWARD SURFACE HEIGHT ON HERBAGE INTAKE AND PERFORMANCE OF FINISHING BEEF CATTLE.. A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Appli[r] ...
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Palatability of Herbage and Animal Preference.
... In general the methods used to measure preference are those employed primarily for other purposes such as determining grazing capacity, effects of graz- ing on veg[r] ...
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Fatty acid intake and rumen fatty acid composition is affected by pre-grazing herbage mass and daily herbage allowance in Holstein dairy cows
... matter intake. DM intake was measured using the n-alkane technique described by Mayes et ...period, herbage samples were manually collected with a Gardena hand shears (Acu 60, Gardena International ...
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Trace element status of soil and organically grown herbage in relation to animal requirements
... grown herbage in relation to animal requirements for these ...grown herbage and factors affecting these ...the herbage selenium concentration and the animal blood concentrations of ...
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