Abstract
Experimental Procedures The study was conducted on 8 pastures (approximately 69 acres each) located at the Kansas State University Beef Stocker Unit. These native range pastures were dominated by big bluestem (Andropogon geradii) and little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), which were grouped together for the purposes of microhistological analysis; sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula); blue grama (Bouteloua gracillis); switchgrass (Panicum virgatum); indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans); leadplant (Amorpha canescensi); heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides); dotted gayfeather (Liatris punctata); and purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea). Pastures were grazed from February 21 to March 1, 2009.
Highlights
Estimating the nutritive value of a grazing animal’s diet is a significant challenge
Description of the botanical composition of a grazed diet is vital in that regard
Microhistological analysis of fecal material has been used for estimating the botanical composition of wild and domestic ungulate diets since first described by Baumgartner and Martin in 1939
Summary
Recommended Citation Aubel, N.A.; Edwards, L.N.; Eckerle, G.J.; Pacheco, L.A.; Olson, K. C.; Jaeger, John R.; Blasi, Dale A.; and Murray, Leigh W. (2011) "Forage selection preferences of experienced cows and naïve heifers grazing native tallgrass range during winter," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol 0: Iss. 1.
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