Most dairy farms in Wisconsin continue to produce most of their feed and have sufficient land for recycling manure nutrients through crops. However, to remain economically viable, many dairy farms are increasing herd size and importing more feed. The increased importation of nutrients in the form of feed and fertilizer has resulted in excessive soil nutrient accumulation (Bundy, 1998; Proost, 1...

The fish Sarpa salpa (L.) is one of the main macroherbivores in the western Mediterranean. Through direct and indirect mechanisms, this herbivore can exert significant control on the structure and functional dynamics of seagrass beds and macroalgae. Past research has suggested nutritional quality of their diet influences S. salpa herbivory, with the fish feeding more intensively and exerting gr...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Wild-boar soil disturbance (i.e., rooting) increases the abundance of some species of geophytes (i.e., plants with underground renewal buds) in upland meadows. However, the mechanisms that could lead to such enhanced prevalence remain unexplored. • METHODS We analyzed the effects of wild-boar disturbance on the size, nutrient (N, P, K, C, and total ash), and...

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We hypothesized that gestational nutrition would affect calf feed efficiency and small intestinal biology, which would be correlated with feed efficiency. Multiparous beef cows (n = 36) were individually fed 1 of 3 diets from d 45 to 185 of gestation: native grass hay and supplement to meet NRC recommendations (control [CON]), 70% of CON NEm (nutrient restricted [NR]), or a NR diet with a RUP s...

Feed represents the greatest single expenditure associated with poultry production. nutritional research in poultry has therefore centred on issues related to identifying barriers to effective digestion and utilization of nutrients, and on approaches for improving feed utilization. Poultry nutritionists have increasingly combined their expertise with that of specialists in other biological scie...

Environmental issues are a growing concern within agriculture. Several of them can be categorized under the following headings: manure storage and handling, air quality, manure nutrient concentrations, and amounts of soil nutrients. Recently introduced, EcoCare feed (Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC, Shoreview, MN) is a dedicated and affordable feeding program addressing manure management, ammonia ...

There is a wide interest in developing management and feeding strategies to stimulate gut development and health in newly-weaned pigs, in order to improve growth performance while minimizing the use of antibiotics and rather expensive feed ingredients, such as milk products. A better understanding of the mechanisms whereby antibiotics influence animal physiology, as well as appropriate use of d...

BACKGROUND: The degree to which the amount of aningested nutrient is absorbed and available to the body is calledbioavailability. OBJECTIVES: Relative effectiveness of herbalmethionine (H-Met®) compared to DL-methionine (DL-Met)was investigated in this experiment. METHODS: Exponentialregression analysis was used to determine bioefficacy of H-Met®based on body weight gain, feed intake and feed c...