Lactational performance effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol supplementation to dairy cows: A meta-regression by L.F. Martins, M. Maigaard, M. Johansen, P. Lund, X. Ma, M. Niu, A.N. Hristov

“…Dose (± SD; 77.0 ± 33.17 mg 3-NOP/kg DMI), forage-to-concentrate ratio (FC; 58.9 ± 8.83%, expressed as average ± SD% of forage in the diet), dietary concentrations of CP, ether extract, NDF, and starch (16.3 ± 1.84%, 4.3 ± 1.03%, 33.7 ± 4.40%, and 20.9 ± 3.97%, as average ± SD% of DM, respectively), supplementation length (days), and DIM and BW of the cows at the beginning of the study were used as continuous explanatory variables. …”
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Predicting snow structures relevant to reindeer husbandry by Emma T. D. Perkins, Amanda H. Lynch, Vera Solovyeva, David A. Bailey

“…Snow conditions in the High North are an important control on wintertime forage availability for reindeer, and under climate change, they are changing rapidly. …”
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Estrus response in dairy cows surviving foot and mouth disease given Superbooster and Immunobooster by Rizky Asrin Zulfanisa, Rahmi Sugihartuti, Jola Rahmahani, Mohammad Anam Al Arif, Tita Damayanti Lestari, Ali Agus, Mohammad Sofi’ul Anam

“…Standard feed consisted of forage (10% of body weight, daily) and concentrate. …”
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Integration of Transcriptomics and Metabolomics Provides Insight into the Growth-Promoting Functions of <i>Solanum khasianum</i> Endophyte in <i>Medicago sativa</i> by Jiahui Li, Shijia Zhou, Jiaru Fang, Qihang Cai, Yanbo Yang, Zhenghai Sun, Liping Li, Weiwei Li

“…<i>Medicago sativa</i> is an important forage crop; its value is mainly concentrated in its economic aspects. …”
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Responses of Three Bromegrass (Bromus) Species to Defoliation under Different Growth Conditions by B. Biligetu, Bruce Coulman

“…Bromegrass species are important forage crops in temperate regions of world. This study compared responses of three bromegrass species to defoliation in the greenhouse and field to determine if the former could predict responses in the latter. …”
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Effect of Drought and Heat Wave on Agricultural Production by Gürkan Yılmaz

“…Losses in cultivated crops for forage crops and fresh grass in pasture areas cause an increase in feed prices and serious problems in feed supply. …”
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Intein-mediated split SaCas9 for genome editing in plants by Danling Hu, Lizhe Hu, Yaqiang Lu, Xiao Dong, Xingyu Cao, Shasha Bai, Lingang Zhang, Dongming Li, Yongwei Sun

“…Additionally, we constructed barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV)-based vectors to co-express Split-v1 SaCas9 and gRNAs targeting LcHRC, LcGW2, and LcTB1 in sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis), a Gramineae forage species known for its recalcitrance to genetic transformation. …”
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More on mobility and sedentism: Changes in adaptation from Upper Paleolithic to Incipient Jomon, Tanegashima Island, southern Japan. by Kazuki Morisaki, Fumie Iizuka, Masami Izuho, Mark Aldenderfer

“…The results illustrate that settlement-subsistence strategies on Tanegashima primarily correspond to the change in environmental conditions, mainly food resources, and foragers increased their degrees of sedentism when abundant forest existed. …”
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Optimization of Process Parameters for Friction Stir Welding of Different Aluminum Alloys AA2618 to AA5086 by Taguchi Method by G. Sasikala, V. M. Jothiprakash, Bhasker Pant, R. Subalakshmi, M. Thirumal Azhagan, K. Arul, Wadi B. Alonazi, M. Karnan, S. Praveen Kumar

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Nutrient digestibility of fishmeal rations in primates by N. V. Gaponov, L. N. Gamko

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Winter Wheat Row Spacing and Alternative Crop Effects on Relay-Intercrop, Double-Crop, and Wheat Yields by Leah Sandler, Kelly A. Nelson, Christopher Dudenhoeffer

“…This signified that farmers in Northeast Missouri could potentially boost yield potential for a given field and produce additional forage or green manure yields in a year with less severe drought.…”
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Biomass production and silage quality of ensiled BRS Capiaçu elephant grass at different regrowth ages and residue heights by Daiana Lopes Lelis, Domingos Sávio Campos Paciullo, Mirton Jose Frota Morenz, Carlos Augusto de Miranda Gomide, João Paulo Santos Roseira, Fernando Cesar Ferraz Lopes, Jackson Silva e Oliveira, Odilon Gomes Pereira, Vanessa Paula da Silva, Fernanda Helena Martins Chizzotti

“…Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the optimal combination of regrowth age and residue height of BRS Capiaçu elephant grass that yields the best balance between the dry mass production (DMP) of the harvested forage and silage quality. Four regrowth ages (75, 90, 105, and 120 days) and two residue heights (10 and 50 cm) were evaluated. …”
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Potential of cumin essential oil as inhibitor of deamination during ensiling process: A meta-analysis and in-silico approach by Susanto Irwan, Mahendra Fachrur R., Rahmadani Mardiah, Ridwan Roni, Jayanegara Anuraga

“…Silage produced from high-protein forage is susceptible to amino acid deamination, resulting in ammonia production. …”
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The global RNA-binding protein RbpB is a regulator of polysaccharide utilization in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron by Ann-Sophie Rüttiger, Daniel Ryan, Luisella Spiga, Vanessa Lamm-Schmidt, Gianluca Prezza, Sarah Reichardt, Madison Langford, Lars Barquist, Franziska Faber, Wenhan Zhu, Alexander J. Westermann

“…Gut Bacteroides are metabolic generalists and deploy dozens of polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs) to forage diverse dietary and host-derived glycans. The expression of the multi-protein PUL complexes is tightly regulated at the transcriptional level. …”
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Adaptability of Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) for Weed Control in Site of Animals Buried after Foot-and-Mouth Disease Infection by Yasuyuki Ishii, Yusuke Iki, Kouhei Inoue, Shuhei Nagata, Sachiko Idota, Masato Yokota, Aya Nishiwaki

“…It is necessary to consider the utilization of forage plants on the animal burial site.…”
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Winter is (not) coming: Acoustic monitoring and temperature variation across important bat hibernacula by Nia Toshkova, Maksim Kolev, Stanimira Deleva, Tzvetan Simeonov, Vasil Popov

“…Our data also suggest that bats rarely forage near the roost entrances. The observed variability in activity levels between study sites highlights the need for high-resolution, site-specific data rather than broad generalisations.…”
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Inclusion of levels of cotton expeller in the feeding of confined sheep: productive behavior, carcass characteristics and meat quality by Jorge Daniel Caballero Mascheroni, Guido Arnaldo Portillo, Javier Feliciano González Cabañas, Luis Alberto Alonzo Griffith, Tania Fariña Díaz, Nicolas Daniel Prieto Quevedo

“…The diets consisted of totally mixed rations, with a forage-concentrate ratio of 30:70 (dry matter basis). …”
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Evaluation of Genotype Diversity in Oat Germplasm and Definition of Ideotypes Adapted to the Mediterranean Environment by Anna Iannucci, Pasquale Codianni, Luigi Cattivelli

“…The relationships found among traits can help to determine which groups of genotypes are better adapted to specific environmental conditions and to identify ideotypes for developing varieties for different purposes such as for food or forage.…”
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Community Perception on Beekeeping Practices, Management, and Constraints in Termaber and Basona Werena Districts, Central Ethiopia by Abadi Berhe, Abebe Asale, Delenasaw Yewhalaw

“…Adequate forage availability coupled with favorable and diversified agroclimatic conditions of Ethiopia creates environmental conditions conducive to the growth of over 7000 species of flowering plants which have supported the existence of large number of bee colonies in the country. …”
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Understanding rangeland desertification through pastoralist perspectives using a grounded theory approach by Mohsen Sharaftmandrad, Mohammadreza Shahraki

“…Key findings emphasize the importance of vegetation decline, with reduced forage quality and increased prevalence of unpalatable plants serving as prominent signs of desertification. …”
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