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Modulation Of The Nutritional Context And Early Experience As New Tools To Increase The Use Of Medusahead (Taeniatherum Caput-Medusae Ssp. Asperum) By Grazing Sheep, Juan J. Montes
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Medusahead is an invasive weed that reduces wildlife habitat and biodiversity as well as commercial and recreational value of land. Grazing represents a sustainable method for its control but stakeholders claim that livestock will not eat medusahead because of its low feed value. This research explored a supplementation program, along with experiences early in life with mother to enhance use of medusahead by sheep. Results showed that an energy supplement did not enhance medusahead use by sheep but that early experience with mother influenced yearlings to use the weed more evenly across days. When availability of the weed was low …