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Title Horse pasture management / [edited by] Paul Sharpe
Published London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]

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Contents 1. Forage plant structure, function, nutrition and growth; 2. Identification of forage plant species; 3. Nutritional value of pasture plants for horses; 4. Soils for horse pasture management; 5. Introduction to pasture ecology; 6. Pasture establishment, maintenance and renovation; 7. Forage yield and its determination; 8. Grazing behavior, feed intake and feed choices; 9. Managing equine grazing for pasture productivity; 10. Multi-species grazing; 11. Hay and silage production and management; 12. Climate, weather and plant hardiness; 13. Matching plant species to your environment, weather and climate; 14. Manure, erosion and water quality; 15. Fencing and watering systems; 16. Pasture related diseases and disorders; 17. Co-existing with wildlife; 18. The University of Kentucky extension pasture evaluation program
Summary Horse Pasture Management begins with coverage of the structure, function and nutritional value of plants, continuing into identification of pasture plants. Management of soil and plants in a pasture is covered next, followed by horse grazing behavior, feed choices of horses, management of grazing horses, and how to calculate how many horses should be grazing relative to land size. Management of hay and silage are included, since year-round grazing is not possible on many horse farms. A number of chapters deal with interactions of a horse farm with the environment and other living things. As an aid in good pasture management, one chapter explains construction and use of fencing and watering systems. Contributions are rounded out with a chapter explaining how the University of Kentucky helps horse farm managers develop their pasture management programs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, Nov. 15, 2018)
Subject Pastures -- Management.
Grazing -- Management
Horses -- Feeding and feeds.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
Grazing -- Management
Horses -- Feeding and feeds
Pastures -- Management
Form Electronic book
Author Sharpe, Paul, editor
ISBN 9780128129203
0128129204
9780128129197
0128129190