Fire exclusion and mismanaged grazing are globally important drivers of environmental change in mesic C4 grasslands savannas. Although interest is growing prescribed fire for grassland restoration, we have little long-term experimental evidence the influence burn season on recovery herbaceous plant communities, encroachment by trees shrubs, invasion exotic grasses. We conducted a experiment (se...

The objective was to determine the effect of forage quality on apparent total tract digestibility and ruminal fermentation in cattle versus sheep. Five yearling English crossbred (Hereford × Angus) steers (440.4 ± 35.6 kg of initial BW) and 5 yearling whiteface (Rambouillet × Columbia × Debouillet) wethers (44.4 ± 4.6 kg of initial BW), each fitted with a ruminal cannula, were randomly assigned...

The objective was to determine the effect of forage quality on apparent total tract digestibility and ruminal fermentation in cattle versus sheep. Five yearling English crossbred (Hereford × Angus) steers (440.4 ± 35.6 kg of initial BW) and 5 yearling whiteface (Rambouillet × Columbia × Debouillet) wethers (44.4 ± 4.6 kg of initial BW), each fitted with a ruminal cannula, were randomly assigned...

Objective: The objective was to document the effects of late-summer prescribed fire on soil cover, botanical composition, and forage production in Kansas Smoky Hills associated dense Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii) stands therein.

Cattle grazing dormant western rangelands may have a high ruminal acetate to propionate ratio (A:P) and may have low tissue clearance of acetate. Increasing propionate production could shift this ratio and improve animal performance. In Exp. 1, the effect of Propionibacterium acidipropionici P169 (PA) on forage digestibility and VFA production was evaluated in vitro using 2 substrates: 100% dor...

Objective: The objective was to document the effects late-summer prescribed fire on soil cover, botanical composition, and forage production in Kansas Smoky Hills associated dense Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii) stands therein.

Objective: Our objective was to determine effects of late-summer prescribed fire on frequency Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa bladhii) in the Kansas Smoky Hills as well changes soil cover, botanical composition, and forage production associated with treatment.