Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact
- Autores
- Lagrange, Sebastian Pablo
- Año de publicación
- 2020
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- tesis doctoral
- Estado
- versión aceptada
- Colaborador/a o director/a de tesis
- Villalba, Juan J.
- Descripción
- Tesis para obtener el grado de Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), de la Utah State University, en agosto de 2020
Eating a combination of forages with different chemistries (i.e., nutrients, beneficial compounds such as tannins) may enhance ruminant nutrition and reduce environmental impacts relative to eating single forages. I explored the influence of offering sheep and cattle all possible combinations of tanniferous (i.e., plants with tannins; birdsfoot trefoil, sainfoin) and non-tanniferous legumes (i.e., plants without tannins; alfalfa) or their monocultures on animal performance, behavior, and methane and nitrogen (N) emissions. Offering choices among these legumes to penned sheep improved intake and diet digestibility relative to feeding monocultures. Mixtures selected by sheep were better digested than mixtures containing equal parts of the forages (indifferent selection), and similar to the legume of greatest digestion rate (alfalfa). In both sheep and cattle, tanniferous forages shifted the site of N excretion from urine to feces, which reduces environmental impacts, as fecal N is in the form of organic N and is metabolized at a slower rate than N in urine. Heifers grazing choices between tanniferous legumes showed the greatest decline in urinary N concentration, suggesting compounded effects that enhance N economy in grazing ruminants and reduce urinary N excretion to the environment. Enteric methane emissions were not affected by treatment, but heifers offered choices among all three legumes showed the greatest body weight gains, implying reductions in the number of days to slaughter, which reduces methane emissions during the finishing process. Grazing behavior and stress levels in heifers offered choices among strips of the three legumes were similar to animals grazing monocultures. Thus, my results suggest that grazing forage combinations increased animal productivity and reduced environmental impacts without affecting behavior or stress levels relative to grazing single forages, all benefits that lead to more sustainable pasture-based finishing systems.
EEA Bordenave
Fil: Lagrange, Sebastian Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bordenave; Argentina. - Materia
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Alimentación de los Animales
Búsqueda de Alimento
Forrajes
Taninos
Ganado Bovino
Impacto Ambiental
Pastoreo
Animal Feeding
Foraging
Forage
Tannins
Cattle
Environmental Impact
Grazing
Foraging Behaviour - Nivel de accesibilidad
- acceso abierto
- Condiciones de uso
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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- Institución
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
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Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental ImpactLagrange, Sebastian PabloAlimentación de los AnimalesBúsqueda de AlimentoForrajesTaninosGanado BovinoImpacto AmbientalPastoreoAnimal FeedingForagingForageTanninsCattleEnvironmental ImpactGrazingForaging BehaviourTesis para obtener el grado de Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), de la Utah State University, en agosto de 2020Eating a combination of forages with different chemistries (i.e., nutrients, beneficial compounds such as tannins) may enhance ruminant nutrition and reduce environmental impacts relative to eating single forages. I explored the influence of offering sheep and cattle all possible combinations of tanniferous (i.e., plants with tannins; birdsfoot trefoil, sainfoin) and non-tanniferous legumes (i.e., plants without tannins; alfalfa) or their monocultures on animal performance, behavior, and methane and nitrogen (N) emissions. Offering choices among these legumes to penned sheep improved intake and diet digestibility relative to feeding monocultures. Mixtures selected by sheep were better digested than mixtures containing equal parts of the forages (indifferent selection), and similar to the legume of greatest digestion rate (alfalfa). In both sheep and cattle, tanniferous forages shifted the site of N excretion from urine to feces, which reduces environmental impacts, as fecal N is in the form of organic N and is metabolized at a slower rate than N in urine. Heifers grazing choices between tanniferous legumes showed the greatest decline in urinary N concentration, suggesting compounded effects that enhance N economy in grazing ruminants and reduce urinary N excretion to the environment. Enteric methane emissions were not affected by treatment, but heifers offered choices among all three legumes showed the greatest body weight gains, implying reductions in the number of days to slaughter, which reduces methane emissions during the finishing process. Grazing behavior and stress levels in heifers offered choices among strips of the three legumes were similar to animals grazing monocultures. Thus, my results suggest that grazing forage combinations increased animal productivity and reduced environmental impacts without affecting behavior or stress levels relative to grazing single forages, all benefits that lead to more sustainable pasture-based finishing systems.EEA BordenaveFil: Lagrange, Sebastian Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bordenave; Argentina.Utah State UniversityVillalba, Juan J.2022-03-23T13:50:04Z2022-03-23T13:50:04Z2020-08info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06info:ar-repo/semantics/tesisDoctoralapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11479https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7813/https://doi.org/10.26076/48aa-f3f1enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria2025-09-29T13:45:30Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/11479instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-09-29 13:45:30.91INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse |
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Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact |
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Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact |
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Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact Lagrange, Sebastian Pablo Alimentación de los Animales Búsqueda de Alimento Forrajes Taninos Ganado Bovino Impacto Ambiental Pastoreo Animal Feeding Foraging Forage Tannins Cattle Environmental Impact Grazing Foraging Behaviour |
title_short |
Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact |
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Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact |
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Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact |
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Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact |
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Influence of Forage Diversity and Condensed Tannins on Livestock Foraging Behavior, Production and Environmental Impact |
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Lagrange, Sebastian Pablo |
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Lagrange, Sebastian Pablo |
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Lagrange, Sebastian Pablo |
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Villalba, Juan J. |
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Alimentación de los Animales Búsqueda de Alimento Forrajes Taninos Ganado Bovino Impacto Ambiental Pastoreo Animal Feeding Foraging Forage Tannins Cattle Environmental Impact Grazing Foraging Behaviour |
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Alimentación de los Animales Búsqueda de Alimento Forrajes Taninos Ganado Bovino Impacto Ambiental Pastoreo Animal Feeding Foraging Forage Tannins Cattle Environmental Impact Grazing Foraging Behaviour |
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Tesis para obtener el grado de Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), de la Utah State University, en agosto de 2020 Eating a combination of forages with different chemistries (i.e., nutrients, beneficial compounds such as tannins) may enhance ruminant nutrition and reduce environmental impacts relative to eating single forages. I explored the influence of offering sheep and cattle all possible combinations of tanniferous (i.e., plants with tannins; birdsfoot trefoil, sainfoin) and non-tanniferous legumes (i.e., plants without tannins; alfalfa) or their monocultures on animal performance, behavior, and methane and nitrogen (N) emissions. Offering choices among these legumes to penned sheep improved intake and diet digestibility relative to feeding monocultures. Mixtures selected by sheep were better digested than mixtures containing equal parts of the forages (indifferent selection), and similar to the legume of greatest digestion rate (alfalfa). In both sheep and cattle, tanniferous forages shifted the site of N excretion from urine to feces, which reduces environmental impacts, as fecal N is in the form of organic N and is metabolized at a slower rate than N in urine. Heifers grazing choices between tanniferous legumes showed the greatest decline in urinary N concentration, suggesting compounded effects that enhance N economy in grazing ruminants and reduce urinary N excretion to the environment. Enteric methane emissions were not affected by treatment, but heifers offered choices among all three legumes showed the greatest body weight gains, implying reductions in the number of days to slaughter, which reduces methane emissions during the finishing process. Grazing behavior and stress levels in heifers offered choices among strips of the three legumes were similar to animals grazing monocultures. Thus, my results suggest that grazing forage combinations increased animal productivity and reduced environmental impacts without affecting behavior or stress levels relative to grazing single forages, all benefits that lead to more sustainable pasture-based finishing systems. EEA Bordenave Fil: Lagrange, Sebastian Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bordenave; Argentina. |
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