Discovery Day Padukone, Andres, Lalampaa
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Impact on livelihoods, health, grass, and wildlife LEGACY OF HOLISTIC CATTLE MANAGEMENT Anchal Padukone Aubree Andres Priscilla Lalampaa with Dan Rubenstein
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Mpala Research Centre Discovery Day 2014
Transcript of Discovery Day Padukone, Andres, Lalampaa
Impact on livelihoods, health, grass, and wildlife
LEGACY OF HOLISTIC CATTLE
MANAGEMENT Anchal PadukoneAubree AndresPriscilla Lalampaawith Dan Rubenstein
What is holistic grazing management? How does it compare to traditional grazing?
Where has it been practiced?Why are we interested in studying it?
INTRODUCTION
Health Milk yield measurements Growth rates
Vegetation and wildlife Vegetation transects Camera traps
How much the plots are being used and by what animals GPS data – our livestock Camera traps – wildlife Production cages
METHODS
GPS DATA
GPS DATA
RESULTS
Graphs showing average milk yield/sheep or goat/day (ml/day)
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Average % growth of animals grazing mostly/ completely inside the bunched grazing area compared to those grazing mostly outside
Location of grazing
Avera
ge %
change in g
row
th (
4 w
eeks)
RESULTS
What we expect to see from the animal health measures
What we expect from the production cagesWhat we expect to see from the camera trap pictures
FUTURE STUDY
