Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland
A common practice for assessing livestock weight gains from grazing animals on rangelands is to confine animals overnight without feed or water to reduce variation in weight loss and percent shrink. Advances in remote sensing of vegetation, such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) p...
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| author | Durante, Martin Irisarri, Jorge Gonzalo Nicolás Derner, Justin D. Reeves, Justin L. Mortenson, Matthew C. West, Mark |
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| description | A common practice for assessing livestock weight gains from grazing animals on rangelands is to confine animals overnight without feed or water to reduce variation in weight loss and percent shrink. Advances in remote sensing of vegetation, such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) provide opportunities to estimate greenness (an indicator of both the quality and quantity of the plant community) that could be used with air temperature and relative humidity as predictors of percent shrink in grazing animals. We determined percent shrink losses from crossbred yearling steers at each of four weigh dates for four consecutive years. Percent overnight shrink by yearling steers grazing semiarid rangeland was influenced positively by air temperature and NDVI values, but not relative humidity. The prediction equation we developed can provide temporal weight gain data within a grazing season without the logistical difficulties in gathering and holding animals, as well as eliminate associated animal stress from shrinking and regaining gut fill multiple times. |
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| spelling | INTA11572019-03-22T13:42:35Z Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland Durante, Martin Irisarri, Jorge Gonzalo Nicolás Derner, Justin D. Reeves, Justin L. Mortenson, Matthew C. West, Mark Pérdida de Peso Buey Tierras de Pastos Bullocks Rangelands Weight Losses Novillo A common practice for assessing livestock weight gains from grazing animals on rangelands is to confine animals overnight without feed or water to reduce variation in weight loss and percent shrink. Advances in remote sensing of vegetation, such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) provide opportunities to estimate greenness (an indicator of both the quality and quantity of the plant community) that could be used with air temperature and relative humidity as predictors of percent shrink in grazing animals. We determined percent shrink losses from crossbred yearling steers at each of four weigh dates for four consecutive years. Percent overnight shrink by yearling steers grazing semiarid rangeland was influenced positively by air temperature and NDVI values, but not relative humidity. The prediction equation we developed can provide temporal weight gain data within a grazing season without the logistical difficulties in gathering and holding animals, as well as eliminate associated animal stress from shrinking and regaining gut fill multiple times. EEA Concepción del Uruguay Fil: Durante, Martin. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concepción del Uruguay; Argentina Fil: Irisarri, Gonzalo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Forrajicultura; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Derner, Justin D. United States Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Service. Rangeland Resources Research Unit; Estados Unidos Fil: Reeves, Justin L. United States Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Service. Rangeland Resources Research Unit; Estados Unidos Fil: Mortenson, Matthew C. United States Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Service. Rangeland Resources Research Unit; Estados Unidos Fil: West, Mark. United States Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Service. Plains Area; Estados Unidos 2017-09-07T11:42:04Z 2017-09-07T11:42:04Z 2016 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1157 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052816000122?via%3Dihub 0190-0528 (Print) 1551-501X (Online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2016.02.004 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Rangelands 38 (3) : 101-104. (June 2016) |
| spellingShingle | Pérdida de Peso Buey Tierras de Pastos Bullocks Rangelands Weight Losses Novillo Durante, Martin Irisarri, Jorge Gonzalo Nicolás Derner, Justin D. Reeves, Justin L. Mortenson, Matthew C. West, Mark Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland |
| title | Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland |
| title_full | Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland |
| title_fullStr | Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland |
| title_short | Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland |
| title_sort | estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland |
| topic | Pérdida de Peso Buey Tierras de Pastos Bullocks Rangelands Weight Losses Novillo |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1157 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052816000122?via%3Dihub https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2016.02.004 |
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