{"title":"Step-point sampling for broadleaved species’ ground cover estimation in pastures – an evaluation of Cockayne’s point on a boot toecap method","authors":"Graeme W. Bourdȏt, Alasdair Noble, Joseph C. Neal","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2024.2325091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2325091","url":null,"abstract":"Step-point sampling, conceived by plant ecologist Dr Leonard Cockayne in ca. 1925 as a method for measuring the ground cover of species in New Zealand’s modified tussock grasslands utilises a point...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140071414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cecilia Loza, Maria Esperanza Cerón-Cucchi, Edward Hernando Cabezas-Garcia, Abimael Ortiz-Chura, Laura Gualdrón-Duarte, José Ignacio Gere
{"title":"On the use of the SF6 gas tracer technique in Latin America for measuring methane emissions in ruminants: a review and analysis","authors":"Cecilia Loza, Maria Esperanza Cerón-Cucchi, Edward Hernando Cabezas-Garcia, Abimael Ortiz-Chura, Laura Gualdrón-Duarte, José Ignacio Gere","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2024.2325075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2325075","url":null,"abstract":"The SF6 gas tracer technique is extensively used to measure enteric CH4 emissions for scientific research in Latin-American countries. Although guidelines on how to properly implement this techniqu...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140035642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jefferson R. Gandra, Caio S. Takiya, Erika R. S. Gandra, Cibeli A. Pedrini, Euclides R. Oliveira, Rafael H. T. B. Goes, Fábio S. Machado, Juliane Damiane
{"title":"Feeding live or inactive yeast to primiparous Jersey cows: nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, and milk fatty acid profile","authors":"Jefferson R. Gandra, Caio S. Takiya, Erika R. S. Gandra, Cibeli A. Pedrini, Euclides R. Oliveira, Rafael H. T. B. Goes, Fábio S. Machado, Juliane Damiane","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2024.2319822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2319822","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of live yeast (LY) or inactive yeast (IY) on intake and apparent total-tract digestibility of nutrients, ruminal fermentation, milk yield and compo...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139980398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emmanuelle Haslin, Paul R. Kenyon, Rene A. Corner-Thomas, Steve T. Morris, Hugh T. Blair
{"title":"Should lambs born to one-year-old ewes and grown to heavy live weights be retained as replacements and mated at seven months of age?","authors":"Emmanuelle Haslin, Paul R. Kenyon, Rene A. Corner-Thomas, Steve T. Morris, Hugh T. Blair","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2024.2319823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2319823","url":null,"abstract":"The lifetime productivity and efficiency of singleton- and twin-born ewe lambs born to one-year-old ewes were compared with twin-born ewe lambs born to mixed-age ewes. Romney ewe lambs either born ...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139945997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Santos J. A. Vallecillo, Marcos J. Araújo, Andrescia F. Carvalho, José P. Carvalho Neto, Alex R. Sousa, Tairon P. Dias-Silva, Antônio L. C. Gurgel, Rafael S. Miranda, Leilson R. Bezerra, Ricardo L. Edvan
{"title":"Whole-plant sesame silage in substitution of whole-plant corn silage in diets of feedlot lambs","authors":"Santos J. A. Vallecillo, Marcos J. Araújo, Andrescia F. Carvalho, José P. Carvalho Neto, Alex R. Sousa, Tairon P. Dias-Silva, Antônio L. C. Gurgel, Rafael S. Miranda, Leilson R. Bezerra, Ricardo L. Edvan","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2024.2317844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2317844","url":null,"abstract":"The study evaluated the replacement of whole-corn plant silage (WCPS) by whole-sesame plant silage (WSPS) in diets for finishing lambs. Forty castrated crossbred Santa Inês lambs with an average in...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139925942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yasmin dos Santos Silva, Maria Alice de Lima Soares, Pedro Henrique Cavalcante Ribeiro, João Virgínio Emerenciano Neto, Marciane da Silva Maia, Adriano Henrique do Nascimento Rangel, Stela Antas Urbano
{"title":"Performance, carcase traits and bioeconomicity of sheep weaned at different ages and intensively finished on Massai grass pasture receiving concentrated supplementation","authors":"Yasmin dos Santos Silva, Maria Alice de Lima Soares, Pedro Henrique Cavalcante Ribeiro, João Virgínio Emerenciano Neto, Marciane da Silva Maia, Adriano Henrique do Nascimento Rangel, Stela Antas Urbano","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2024.2317832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2317832","url":null,"abstract":"Intensive finishing on pasture is already accepted as a good nutritional management strategy due to the capacity of enhancing performance without requiring physical confinement infrastructure; howe...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"260 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139925943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisco Israel Lopes Sousa, João Virgínio Emerenciano Neto, Ana Beatriz Graciano da Costa, Patrick Bezerra Fernandes, Stela Antas Urbano, Antonio Leandro Chaves Gurgel, Rodrigo da Silva Santos, Yasmin do Santos Silva, Paulo Vitor Januário do Nascimento, Danilo Matheus de Medeiros Néo
{"title":"The adoption of intercropping practices with tropical grasses aims at optimising forage production performance in the semi-arid region","authors":"Francisco Israel Lopes Sousa, João Virgínio Emerenciano Neto, Ana Beatriz Graciano da Costa, Patrick Bezerra Fernandes, Stela Antas Urbano, Antonio Leandro Chaves Gurgel, Rodrigo da Silva Santos, Yasmin do Santos Silva, Paulo Vitor Januário do Nascimento, Danilo Matheus de Medeiros Néo","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2024.2315020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2315020","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance intercropped between two pastures: Massai guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus cv. Massai) and Marandu palisadegrass (Urochloa brizantha cv....","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lydia J. Farrell, Stephen T. Morris, Paul R. Kenyon, Peter R. Tozer
{"title":"A bio-economic modelling comparison of a Friesian Bull-Beef system and a New Generation Beef system with Friesian bulls slaughtered at 10–14 months old","authors":"Lydia J. Farrell, Stephen T. Morris, Paul R. Kenyon, Peter R. Tozer","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2023.2297834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2023.2297834","url":null,"abstract":"Finishing of dairy-origin calves in an accelerated ‘New generation beef’ (NGB) beef finishing system for slaughter up to 14 months of age has potential co-sector benefits. These include production ...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas H. Mackay-Smith, Raphael I. Spiekermann, Dan R. Richards, Nichola Harcourt, Lucy L. Burkitt
{"title":"An integrative approach to silvopastoral system design: perspectives, potentials and principles","authors":"Thomas H. Mackay-Smith, Raphael I. Spiekermann, Dan R. Richards, Nichola Harcourt, Lucy L. Burkitt","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2023.2298922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2023.2298922","url":null,"abstract":"Silvopastoral systems have complex impacts on a diverse range of outcomes, making it essential to design these systems using an integrative approach to maximise positive impacts to farms. This pape...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual reality-based meat cut planning for lamb carcasses","authors":"Aaron Ritchie, Harvey Ho","doi":"10.1080/00288233.2024.2305825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2024.2305825","url":null,"abstract":"Consumer-level Virtual Reality (VR) hardware/software has undergone rapid developments in recent years. Its potential use in the meat industry for meat cut planning has yet to be reported. In this ...","PeriodicalId":19287,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139761717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}