Invited Review: Ecosystem services provided by grasslands in the Southeast United States

JCB Dubeux Jr, D Jaramillo, ERS Santos, L Garcia… - Applied Animal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose This review describes ecosystem services (ES) obtained from grasslands within the
southeastern United States. In addition, future direction and the importance of these ES to …

Artificial shade as a heat abatement strategy to grazing beef cow-calf pairs in a subtropical climate

G M. Silva, J Laporta, F Podversich, T M. Schulmeister… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Grazing livestock in subtropical and tropical regions are susceptible to prolonged exposition
to periods of extreme environmental conditions (ie, temperature and humidity) that can …

Removing maternal heat stress abatement during gestation modulated postnatal physiology and improved performance of Bos indicus-influenced beef offspring

VS Izquierdo, JVL Silva, J Ranches… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This study evaluated the growth and immune response of beef calves born from Bos indicus-
influenced beef heifers provided pre-and postpartum heat abatement on pasture. On 83±4 d …

Influence of climatic conditions on tympanic temperature and milk production in grazing cows

MV Terranova, R Molina, H Sánchez… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - malque.pub
The present study aimed to analyze large volumes of tympanic temperature (TT) data to
identify its use as a physiological indicator of climatic conditions and its relationship with milk …

Stair-step strategy and immunomodulatory feed ingredient supplementation for grazing heat-stressed 
Bos indicus-influenced beef heifers

P Moriel, EA Palmer, RA Oliveira… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
On day 0 of years 1 and 2, 64 Brangus crossbred heifers per year were stratified by initial
body weight (BW) and age (mean= 257±20 kg and 271±22 d) and allocated into 16 …

Replacement Heifer (Bos taurus) Development in a Limited-Resource Beef Cow-Calf System

R Fernandez - 2022 - search.proquest.com
A 3-year study was conducted on 25 black Angus-cross beef heifers to evaluate potential
factors affecting heifer development in a limited-resource operation. Heifer development is …