Add to ORKGPasture management may affect cattle diet. Post-grazing stubble height is a pasture structural characteristic intrinsically linked to forage quantity and quality. Stubble height also indicates forage utilization rate, and as a result, affects nutrient pathway return (excreta or litter) and ultimately, nutrient cycling. Cattle excreta deposition affects soil chemical and physical characteristics (Carran and Theobald 2000). Slow release of nutrients from cattle dung, however, delays nutrient bioavailability for subsequent forage growth (Haynes and Williams 1993). This study evaluated how different post-grazing stubble heights on elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) pastures may affect cattle dung decomposition and nutrient release
We assessed the accumulation dynamics of forage and its components in Elephant grass cv. Napier (Pen...
Soil fertility and agricultural system sustainability depend upon soil organic matter (SOM), particu...
Dung excreted by cattle composes a significant portion of the nutrient inputs in a grazed ecosystem ...
Pasture management may affect cattle diet. Post-grazing stubble height is a pasture structural chara...
Animal excreta contribute positively to nutrient cycling and can improve the quality of soil (Dubeux...
Grazing management may alter chemical composition of plant components affecting nutrient cycling. Am...
Rapid nutrient cycling improves forage quality and livestock production in pastures. Interseeding le...
Livestock excreta is one of the major nutrient sources in natural grasslands. Understanding how live...
Fresh cattle dung from four farms with different feeding strategies was used to create artificial du...
Cattle activity greatly influences plant species composition and biomass production of grassland eco...
This study was conducted to evaluate the daily production of forage and its morphological components...
Large herbivores have pronounced effects on nutrient cycling in grasslands. These organisms are know...
Animal productivity may be enhanced by greater intake of preferred pasture species providing they ar...
Key points The rumen environment in cattle grazing high quality forage is different to that report...
Recycling of plant nutrients is of major concern in managing paddocks in pasturefields for intensive...
We assessed the accumulation dynamics of forage and its components in Elephant grass cv. Napier (Pen...
Soil fertility and agricultural system sustainability depend upon soil organic matter (SOM), particu...
Dung excreted by cattle composes a significant portion of the nutrient inputs in a grazed ecosystem ...
Pasture management may affect cattle diet. Post-grazing stubble height is a pasture structural chara...
Animal excreta contribute positively to nutrient cycling and can improve the quality of soil (Dubeux...
Grazing management may alter chemical composition of plant components affecting nutrient cycling. Am...
Rapid nutrient cycling improves forage quality and livestock production in pastures. Interseeding le...
Livestock excreta is one of the major nutrient sources in natural grasslands. Understanding how live...
Fresh cattle dung from four farms with different feeding strategies was used to create artificial du...
Cattle activity greatly influences plant species composition and biomass production of grassland eco...
This study was conducted to evaluate the daily production of forage and its morphological components...
Large herbivores have pronounced effects on nutrient cycling in grasslands. These organisms are know...
Animal productivity may be enhanced by greater intake of preferred pasture species providing they ar...
Key points The rumen environment in cattle grazing high quality forage is different to that report...
Recycling of plant nutrients is of major concern in managing paddocks in pasturefields for intensive...
We assessed the accumulation dynamics of forage and its components in Elephant grass cv. Napier (Pen...
Soil fertility and agricultural system sustainability depend upon soil organic matter (SOM), particu...
Dung excreted by cattle composes a significant portion of the nutrient inputs in a grazed ecosystem ...