2015

• Effects of supplementation and body condition on intake, digestion, performance, and behavior of yearling Boer and Spanish goat wethers grazing grass/forb pastures
• Effects of method of determining heat energy:heart rate of confined and grazing Boer goats
• Effects of high heat load on BW, DMI, rectal temperature, and respiration rate of Katahdin sheep and Boer and Spanish goat wethers
• Effects of mixing different breeds to evaluate electric fence strand additions to barb wire fence to contain meat goat does
• Multi-scale straightness index analysis of goat behavior.
• Effects of level and length of water restriction on body weight, feed intake, and plasma osmolality of Katahdin sheep and Boer and Spanish goat wethers
• Effects of mixing different breeds to evaluate electric fence strand additions to barbed wire fence to contain growing meat goat kids
• Growth performance and resistance to internal parasitism of small ruminant males from the south-central US in a centralized test
• Effects of supplemental concentrate level and forage source on intake and digestion by growing and yearling Boer goat wethers and evaluation of a method of predicting negative feedstuff associative effects
• Behavior of Boer goat wethers grazing high quality forage and effects of two methods of determining energy used for activity.
• Effects of breed and resistance classification of sire on progeny growth performance and response to artificial infection with Haemonchus contortus in a central performance test
• Determination of the grazing activity energy cost in Boer goat wethers using a portable indirect calorimety method
• Effects of restricted diet access on intake and performance by dairy goats in mid- to late lactation