Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns
We compared cow-calf contacts, as well as movement, activity, and pasture use patterns of heritage Raramuri Criollo (RC) and desert-adapted commercial Angus Hereford crossbred (AH) beef cattle grazing Chihuahuan Desert pastures during 4 wk in the summers of 2016 and 2017. Within each herd of 11 cow-...
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| author | Nyamuryekung’e, Shelemia Cibils, Andres Francisco Estell, Richard E. McIntosh, Matthew VanLeeuwen, Dawn Steele, Caitriana González, Alfredo Spiegal, Sheri Continanza, Fatima Guadalupe |
| author_browse | Cibils, Andres Francisco Continanza, Fatima Guadalupe Estell, Richard E. González, Alfredo McIntosh, Matthew Nyamuryekung’e, Shelemia Spiegal, Sheri Steele, Caitriana VanLeeuwen, Dawn |
| author_facet | Nyamuryekung’e, Shelemia Cibils, Andres Francisco Estell, Richard E. McIntosh, Matthew VanLeeuwen, Dawn Steele, Caitriana González, Alfredo Spiegal, Sheri Continanza, Fatima Guadalupe |
| author_sort | Nyamuryekung’e, Shelemia |
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| description | We compared cow-calf contacts, as well as movement, activity, and pasture use patterns of heritage Raramuri Criollo (RC) and desert-adapted commercial Angus Hereford crossbred (AH) beef cattle grazing Chihuahuan Desert pastures during 4 wk in the summers of 2016 and 2017. Within each herd of 11 cow-calf pairs, a group of 7−9 randomly selected cows were fitted with Global Positioning System collars that recorded animal position at 10-min intervals. Proximity loggers configured to record contact events (< 1-m radius) were fitted on a subset of five cow-calf pairs of each breed. The effect of breed on cow-calf contacts, as well as the dams’ movement, activity, and pasture use patterns were analyzed via mixed analysis of variance models. A higher number of RC cow-calf contacts occurred while the dam was grazing and traveling compared with AH counterparts (P ≤ 0.05). No breed-related differences were observed in the overall number and duration of cow-calf contact events. Compared with AH dams, RC cows traveled farther each day (RC: 7.51 vs. AH: 4.85 km, P < 0.01) at higher movement velocities (5.46 vs. 3.53 m. min−1, P < 0.01) and spent more time traveling (1.05 vs. 0.48 h, P < 0.01), more time grazing (9.37 vs. 7.45 h, P < 0.01), and less time resting (13.07 vs. 15.68 h, P < 0.01). RC cows explored almost three times more daily area than AH (152.30 vs. 57.69 ha, P = 0.01) but spent similar amounts of time within 200 m and 100 m of a drinker. RC calves explored larger daily areas than their AH counterparts (83.0 vs. 20.8 ha, P = 0.05), but no breed differences were detected in the number of contact events near drinkers. RC calves possibly impose fewer constraints on their dams’ movement and activity patterns compared with commonly used British crossbreds when grazing the Chihuahuan Desert during summer. |
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| spelling | INTA134522023-12-27T10:59:40Z Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns Nyamuryekung’e, Shelemia Cibils, Andres Francisco Estell, Richard E. McIntosh, Matthew VanLeeuwen, Dawn Steele, Caitriana González, Alfredo Spiegal, Sheri Continanza, Fatima Guadalupe Pastoreo Comportamiento Animal Razas de Ganado Herencia Genética Grazing Animal Behaviour Livestock Breeds Genetic Inheritance Raza Angus Rarámuris Criollos We compared cow-calf contacts, as well as movement, activity, and pasture use patterns of heritage Raramuri Criollo (RC) and desert-adapted commercial Angus Hereford crossbred (AH) beef cattle grazing Chihuahuan Desert pastures during 4 wk in the summers of 2016 and 2017. Within each herd of 11 cow-calf pairs, a group of 7−9 randomly selected cows were fitted with Global Positioning System collars that recorded animal position at 10-min intervals. Proximity loggers configured to record contact events (< 1-m radius) were fitted on a subset of five cow-calf pairs of each breed. The effect of breed on cow-calf contacts, as well as the dams’ movement, activity, and pasture use patterns were analyzed via mixed analysis of variance models. A higher number of RC cow-calf contacts occurred while the dam was grazing and traveling compared with AH counterparts (P ≤ 0.05). No breed-related differences were observed in the overall number and duration of cow-calf contact events. Compared with AH dams, RC cows traveled farther each day (RC: 7.51 vs. AH: 4.85 km, P < 0.01) at higher movement velocities (5.46 vs. 3.53 m. min−1, P < 0.01) and spent more time traveling (1.05 vs. 0.48 h, P < 0.01), more time grazing (9.37 vs. 7.45 h, P < 0.01), and less time resting (13.07 vs. 15.68 h, P < 0.01). RC cows explored almost three times more daily area than AH (152.30 vs. 57.69 ha, P = 0.01) but spent similar amounts of time within 200 m and 100 m of a drinker. RC calves explored larger daily areas than their AH counterparts (83.0 vs. 20.8 ha, P = 0.05), but no breed differences were detected in the number of contact events near drinkers. RC calves possibly impose fewer constraints on their dams’ movement and activity patterns compared with commonly used British crossbreds when grazing the Chihuahuan Desert during summer. EEA Balcarce Fil: Nyamuryekung’e, Shelemia. New Mexico State University. Department of Animal and Range Sciences; Estados Unidos. Fil: Cibils, Andres F. New Mexico State University. Department of Animal and Range Sciences; Estados Unidos. Fil: Estell, Richard E. US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service; Estados Unidos. Fil: McIntosh, Matthew. New Mexico State University. Department of Animal and Range Sciences; Estados Unidos. Fil: VanLeeuwen, Dawn. New Mexico State University. Department of Agricultural Extension Education; Estados Unidos. Fil: Steele, Caitriana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Fil: González, Alfredo. New Mexico State University. Department of Agricultural Extension Education; Estados Unidos. Fil: Spiegal, Sheri. Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture; Estados Unidos. Fil: Continanza, Fátima Guadalupe. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. 2022-11-28T10:09:06Z 2022-11-28T10:09:06Z 2021-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13452 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550742420301299 1550-7424 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.11.001 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Rangeland Ecology & Management 74 : 43-49 (January 2021) |
| spellingShingle | Pastoreo Comportamiento Animal Razas de Ganado Herencia Genética Grazing Animal Behaviour Livestock Breeds Genetic Inheritance Raza Angus Rarámuris Criollos Nyamuryekung’e, Shelemia Cibils, Andres Francisco Estell, Richard E. McIntosh, Matthew VanLeeuwen, Dawn Steele, Caitriana González, Alfredo Spiegal, Sheri Continanza, Fatima Guadalupe Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns |
| title | Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns |
| title_full | Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns |
| title_fullStr | Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns |
| title_short | Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns |
| title_sort | foraging behavior of heritage versus desert adapted commercial rangeland beef cows in relation to dam offspring contact patterns |
| topic | Pastoreo Comportamiento Animal Razas de Ganado Herencia Genética Grazing Animal Behaviour Livestock Breeds Genetic Inheritance Raza Angus Rarámuris Criollos |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/13452 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550742420301299 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.11.001 |
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