Grazing management

Key words grazing, stocking rate, sward, paddock, set stocking. 

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The second important point is that although factors that affect herbage production, such as climate, latitude and aspect, are outside the farmer s control, other factors, such as soil nutrient level and grazing management, can be controlled by the skilful farmer. 

Within cattle breeds, there is genetic variation in terms of resistance to GIN infection and the heritability is great enough to enable successful selection for GIN resistance (Gasbarre and Miller, 2000). Since anthelmintic resistance is not a major issue in bovine GIN and grazing management measures are effective in reducing GIN infections in cattle, the establishment of a selection... 

Grazing management strategies aim to reduce the contact of hosts to infectious GIN larvae on pasture. They can be divided into three categories (Barger, 1997) the preventive procedure, evasive grazing and dilusive grazing. 

Bransby, D. I. (1993). Effects of grazing management practices on parasite load and weight gain of beef cattle . Veterinary Parasitology, 46(1-4), 215-221. 

Hickman, K. R., D. C. Hartnett, R. C. Cochran, and C. E. Owensby. (2004). Grazing management effects on plant species diversity in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Range Management 57(1) 58-65. 

University, UK (co-author of Chapter 21 Grazing management and Chapter 22... 

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