Off-Stream Water Sources for Grazing Cattle: A Water Quality BMP

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Off-Stream Water Sources for Grazing Cattle: A Water Quality BMP

Background

Review of Research

Objectives

Experimental Design

Experimental Design

Cattle Behavior

Cattle Water Source Preference

Time Spent Drinking from Stream

Time Spent in the Stream Area

Cattle Behavior

Streambank Erosion

Streambank Erosion

Water Quality

Total Suspended Solids

Total Nitrogen

Ammonium (NH4)

Nitrate (NO3)

Sediment-Bound Nitrogen

Total Phosphorus

Sediment-Bound Phosphorus

Fecal Coliform 

Fecal Streptococci

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Conclusions Cattle utilizing off-stream water sources, within rotational stocking systems, found to...

Conclusions Presence of off-stream water sources, within rotational stocking systems, found to...

Conclusions Presence of off-stream water sources, within rotational stocking systems, found to...

If you build it…. They will come.

Author: Ron Sheffield

Email: ron_sheffield@ncsu.edu