Moisture content and bale temperature. Initial bale moisture differed among treatments. However, the low moisture treatment in 2008 was slightly greater (17%) than the target moisture range of less than 15%. However, this moisture content proved to be critically important.
The animal unit month (AUM) has historically been used as a unit of forage. consumption and the basis of permits, stocking rates and fees for grazing public. lands. This report provides a review and update of current livestock weights and. forage consumption rates, clarifies the definition of an AUM and proposes means.
The aurochs (/ËÉËrÉks/ or /ËaÊrÉks/ ; pl. aurochs, or rarely aurochsen, aurochses), also urus, ure (Bos primigenius), is a grand extinct wild ox that inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa. It is the ancestor of domestic cattle. The Indian aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus) once inhabited India. 2  It was the first subspecies of the aurochs to appear, at 2 million years ago, and from about 9,000 years ago (BP), it was domesticated as the zebu cattle.