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Electronic Feeding Doors For Individual Feeding Of Group Housed Sheep Compared To Individual Housing And Feeding Or Group Housing And Feeding, Ronald J. Lane
Electronic Feeding Doors For Individual Feeding Of Group Housed Sheep Compared To Individual Housing And Feeding Or Group Housing And Feeding, Ronald J. Lane
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Thirty-six mature purebred cheviot ewes and 36 polypaysired wether lambs were used in two separate experiments to determine the usefulness of an electronic feeding door as contrasted with traditional feeding situations. The sheep were stratified by weight into three management categories; group housing and feeding (G+G), individual housing and feeding (1+1), or group housing and individual feeding (G+1) using an electronic feeding door. The weight stratification formed a light and a heavy weight class resulting in a 3x2 factorial design. Two different training procedures were used to arrive at a generalized 14-day training sequence that does not require physical handling …
Group Grain Feeding Versus Individual Grain Feeding Of Lactating Dairy Cows, Earl Max Sudweeks
Group Grain Feeding Versus Individual Grain Feeding Of Lactating Dairy Cows, Earl Max Sudweeks
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Grain feeding is an important part of a dairy feeding program. Grain supplies energy in a concentrated form and when fed as a supplement to forage permits cows to maintain high levels of production. Also, if the forage is of low quality, additional protein and other nutrients can be supplied with the grain in a concentrate mix. By feeding a balanced concentrate mix, according to individual production, each cow receives the necessary nutrients for production. Dairy cows are usually fed grain individually.