scholarly journals Factors Influencing Patterns of Cattle Grazing Behavior on Shortgrass Steppe

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 82 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Senft ◽  
L. R. Rittenhouse ◽  
R. G. Woodmansee
Keyword(s):  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Shortgrass Steppe ◽  
Grazing Behavior ◽  
Factors Influencing

scholarly journals Relationship of Supplement Intake Behavior to Performance and Grazing Behavior of Cattle Grazing Mixed-Grass Rangelands

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Samuel A. Wyffels ◽  
Julia M. Dafoe ◽  
Cory T. Parsons ◽  
Darrin L. Boss ◽  
Timothy DelCurto
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Birth Date ◽  
Grazing Behavior ◽  
Grazing Season ◽  
Mixed Grass ◽  
Cow Performance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Supplement Intake ◽  
Cattle Performance

This study evaluated the relationships between supplement intake behavior, beef cattle performance, and grazing behavior on dormant northern mixed-grass rangelands. In each of two years, a commercial herd of bred cows grazed a rangeland pasture from November to January. All cattle were managed as one contemporary group. Calf birth date, birth weight, and adjusted 205-day weaning weight were collected for each cow following the grazing season each year as cow performance metrics. During the grazing season, all cattle were provided free-choice access to a self-fed supplement. Supplement intake behavior was measured for each individual. Grazing behavior was monitored for 30 randomly selected individuals. The relationship of individual average daily supplement intake (R = 0.65; ρ = 0.65), supplement consumption rate (R = 0.58; ρ = 0.54), the coefficient of variation of supplement intake (R = 0.51; ρ = 0.50), and the amount of time spent at the feeder (R = 0.47; ρ = 0.49) were positively correlated and ranked across years (P < 0.01), suggesting individual animal supplement intake behavior is repeatable for cattle grazing dormant season rangelands. Additionally, there were multiple significant associations between supplement intake behavior, cattle performance, and grazing behavior (P ≤ 0.05); however, the majority were weak associations that accounted for minimal variation in cattle performance and grazing behavior (R ≤ 0.27; r2 ≤ 0.07). Although supplement intake behavioral traits were repeatable across years, its use as a metric to predict animal performance and grazing behavior may be limited.

Factors influencing ammonia volatilization from urea in soils of the shortgrass steppe

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Milchunas ◽  
W. J. Parton ◽  
D. S. Bigelow ◽  
D. S. Schimel
Keyword(s):  
Ammonia Volatilization ◽  
Shortgrass Steppe ◽  
Factors Influencing

Erratum to “Cattle grazing behavior with season-long free-choice access to four forage types” [Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 78 (2002) 29–42]

2003 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-172
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S Fehmi ◽  
James F Karn ◽  
Ronald E Ries ◽  
John R Hendrickson ◽  
Jon D Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Free Choice ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Behavior

Predicting cattle grazing behavior on rangeland using accelerometers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Sprinkle ◽  
Joseph K. Sagers ◽  
John B. Hall ◽  
Melinda J. Ellison ◽  
Joel V. Yelich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Behavior

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Selection of Resting Sites by Cattle on Shortgrass Steppe

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 295 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Senft ◽  
L. R. Rittenhouse ◽  
R. G. Woodmansee
Keyword(s):  
Shortgrass Steppe ◽  
Resting Sites ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals Identifying genetic variants affecting cattle grazing behavior experiencing mild heat load

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_S1) ◽  
pp. S61-S66
Author(s):  
Morgan R Stegemiller ◽  
Melinda J Ellison ◽  
John B Hall ◽  
James E Sprinkle ◽  
Brenda M Murdoch
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Heat Load ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Behavior ◽  
Mild Heat

Cattle Grazing on the Shortgrass Steppe

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Hart ◽  
Justin D. Derner
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Pressure ◽  
Shortgrass Steppe ◽  
Stocking Rate ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Large Herbivore ◽  
Time Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Grazing Systems

Cattle are the primary grazers on the shortgrass steppe. For example, during the late 1990s, 21 shortgrass counties in Colorado reported about 2.36 million cattle compared with 283,000 sheep (National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA, 1997a), 60,000 pronghorn antelope, and a few thousand bison (Hart, 1994). Assuming one bison or five to six sheep or pronghorn consume as much forage as one bovine (Heady and Child, 1994), cattle provide about 97% of the large-herbivore grazing pressure in this region. The ratio of cattle to other grazers is even greater in the remainder of the shortgrass steppe. In 1997, the three panhandle counties of Oklahoma reported 387,000 cattle and only 1300 sheep, whereas the 38 panhandle counties of Texas reported 4.24 million cattle and 14,000 sheep (National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA, 1997b,c). How ever, only a bout half the cattle in the panhandle counties of Texas and Oklahoma graze on rangeland the remainer are in feedlots. Rangeland research on the shortgrass steppe (Table 17.1 describes the parameters of the major research stations in the shortgrass steppe) has included a long history of both basic ecology and grazing management. The responses of rangeland plant communities to herbivory are addressed by Milchunas et al. (chapter 16, this volume) and to disturbance are discussed by Peters et al. (chapter 6, this volume). Here we focus on research pertaining to three management practices important to cattle ranching on shortgrass steppe: stocking rates, grazing systems, and extending the grazing season via complementary pastures and use of pastures dominated by Atriplex canescens [Pursh] Nutt (fourwing saltbush). Stocking rate, de. ned as the number of animals per unit area for a speci. ed time period, is the primary and most easily controlled variable in the management of cattle grazing. Cattle weight gain responses to stocking rate or grazing pressure (animal days per unit of forage produced) have been quanti. ed in several grazing studies on the shortgrass steppe (Bement, 1969, 1974; Hart and Ashby, 1998; Klipple and Costello, 1960). Average daily gains per animal are better estimated as a function of grazing pressure, rather than stocking rate, as forage production is highly variable in this semiarid environment (Lauenroth and Sala, 1992; Milchunas et al., 1994).

scholarly journals Grazing Systems, Pasture Size, and Cattle Grazing Behavior, Distribution and Gains

1993 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Hart ◽  
J. Bissio ◽  
M. J. Samuel ◽  
J. W. Waggoner
Keyword(s):  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Behavior ◽  
Grazing Systems

scholarly journals Influence of supplementation method on forage use and grazing behavior by beef cattle grazing bluestem range

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 4128-4136 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Brandyberry ◽  
R. C. Cochran ◽  
E. S. Vanzant ◽  
T. DelCurto ◽  
L. R. Corah
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Behavior
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