{"id":325,"date":"2014-01-28T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T15:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sheepngoat\/?p=325"},"modified":"2014-01-28T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T15:10:29","slug":"orei-objectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sheepngoat\/orei-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Project objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Project objectives<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Click on the double golden arrows under OREI to see a drop down menu of the posts on this Project including <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sheepngoat\/orei-resources\/\">Project Resources<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #000000;font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 12.8px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">(Located top right of page on computer screen or bottom of page on mobile phone.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sept. 2012 &#8211; Aug. 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluate birdsfoot trefoil (BFT) cultivars\n<ul>\n<li>Assess agronomic growth characteristics &amp; condensed tannin profiles<\/li>\n<li>Assess the anti-parasitic effect of BFT cultivars<\/li>\n<li>Identify tannins critical for anti-parasitic activity<\/li>\n<li>Assess the effect of BFT on immune function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Develop and demonstrate on-farm establishment &amp; management of BFT nurse pastures<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate herd \/ flock health and economic outcomes of BFT pasture mixes for gastrointestinal nematode suppression<\/li>\n<li>Extend practices to organic &amp; transitioning small ruminant producers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1039\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2281\/WVU.png\" rel=\"lightbox[325]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1039\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2281\/WVU.png\" alt=\"WVU\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Rebecca Uphold, West Virginia University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>2019 Update \u2013 Learn more about our new USDA NIFA Organic Transitions Program<\/strong> project entitled, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sheepngoat\/orgbft\/\"><em>Overcoming barriers to transitioning small ruminants to organic production:\u00a0 Effects of feeding birdsfoot trefoil on parasite control, nutritional status &amp; profitability<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>that\u00a0builds from this Sept. 2012 \u2013 Aug. 2017 project.<\/p>\n<p>[hr color=&#8221;orange&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; border_width=&#8221;4px&#8221; ]<\/p>\n<address><em>This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative under Agreement No. 2012-51300-03654.<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-566\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2281\/orei_all-1024x325.jpg\" alt=\"orei_all\" width=\"1024\" height=\"325\" \/><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project objectives Click on the double golden arrows under OREI to see a drop down menu of the posts on this Project including Project Resources.\u00a0 (Located top right of page on computer screen or bottom of page on mobile phone.) 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