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Specific genotypes of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) vary in their impact on sheep urine volume and nitrification in the urine patch
(New Zealand Grassland Association, 2018-11-13)
Plantain has the potential to reduce nitrate leaching through a number of mechanisms. In an indoor study, sheep were offered either perennial ryegrass or different plantain genotypes while aiming to achieve similar dry ...
Brief Communication: Effect of maternal diet in late gestation on development of dairy calves
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production (Inc), 2018)
To investigate whether feeding strategies to reduce urinary N excretion would have negative effects on calf development, two feeding systems were compared. A total of 190 pregnant, Friesian × Jersey dairy cows were randomly ...
Urinary nitrogen concentration from dairy heifers grazing kale supplemented with either plantain or perennial ryegrass baleage in winter
(NZ Grassland Association, 2016)
The effect of feeding two different supplements (perennial ryegrass or plantain baleage) on urinary nitrogen (N) excretion from dairy heifers (8 months old, 180 kg liveweight (LW)) grazing kale was examined in two successive ...
Relationship between social dominance and milk production of dairy cows grazing pasture
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2016-06)
The objectives of this experiment were to study factors determining social dominance of grazing dairy cows and the relationship between social dominance and milk production under grazing systems. A total of 252 spring ...
Influence of the endophyte fungus in ryegrass on grazing preference by sheep
(Lincoln University, 1990)
Animal productivity may be enhanced through greater intake associated with the use of preferred pasture species provided they are of high nutritional value. Grazing preference by ewe hoggets was investigated in three grazing ...
Management practices of dairy cows grazing kale
Regaining body condition lost throughlactation is a common goal for manyNZ dairy systems. Kale is a major component of the winter diet for dairy cows, with high DM yield carried through winter with less deterioration in ...
Supplementation of spring pasture with harvested fodder beet bulb alters rumen fermentation and increases risk of subacute ruminal acidosis during early lactation
(MDPI, 2020-08)
In a cross-over design, eight rumen cannulated dairy cows were used to explore the industry-recommended method for dietary transition to fodder beet (FB: Beta vulgaris L.) on changes to rumen fermentation and pH, milk ...
Grazing preference for pasture species by sheep is affected by endophyte and nitrogen fertility
(New Zealand Grassland Association, 1993)
The grazing response of ewe hoggets offered tall
fescue, endophyte-infected (+E) or endophyte-free
(-E) perennial ryegrass all sown with white clover
into a fertile silt loam was examined in April
1990. In a second experiment ...
Pasture production and liveweight gain from cocksfoot-subterranean clover pastures grazed at two stocking rates and closed at different times during spring
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 2008)
The effect of stocking rate (8.3 (low) and 13.9 (high)
ewes + twin lambs/ha) and time of closing in spring on
lamb liveweight gain, pasture production and subterranean
clover seedling densities was monitored over 2 years ...
Ryegrass staggers and liveweight gain of ewe lambs and hoggets grazing four combinations of perennial ryegrass and strains of endophyte
(New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 2015-06-28)
Ryegrass staggers and live weight gain of Coopworth ewe lambs or hoggets were assessed over four eight week trials (two summer, two autumn) for four combinations of perennial ryegrass and strains of endophyte: Arrow with ...