Management strategies designed to improve grazing animal performance can influence
feedlot performance and carcass traits both positively and negatively. In spite of the …

The warm‐season (ie, C4) grasses are the backbone of livestock systems in much of the
world. This chapter examines the factors limiting quality of C4 grasses that may, in turn …

An estimate of the animal‐production potential of pastures can be assessed by knowing the
daily dry matter (DM) intake of the grazing animal and the digestibility of the DM consumed …

Napiergrass or elephantgrass is valued as a forage crop in the wet tropics. Napiergrass is of
tropical African origin but has been introduced to all tropical areas of the world and has …

Ergot alkaloids cause fescue toxicosis when livestock graze endophyte-infected (E+) tall
fescue. Little is known about the bioavailability of the ergot alkaloid classes (lysergic acid …

Brachiaria sp. grasses are widely used in planted pastures in Brazil.'Mulato II'is a productive
Brachiaria hybrid (B. ruziziensis× B. decumbens× B. brizantha) with high nutritive value, but …

The objective of the present experiment was to describe the sward canopy structures of 3
different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) pastures and relate them to short-term herbage intake …

Pastures, forages, and grasslands dominate the landscape across the United States and
support a large ruminant population that supplies the nation with value-added animal …

Eighteen Angus steers (438±4 kg of BW) were supplemented with varying levels of corn oil
(0 g/kg of BW, none; 0.75 g/kg of BW, MED; or 1.5 g/kg of BW, HI) on rotationally stocked …

Simple Summary In pasture-based dairy systems, dairy cattle that voluntarily walk back to
pasture immediately after milking access greater feed nutritive value than those cattle milked …