Publications

Guay, J.F., J. P. Fontenot, W. S. Swecker, A. O. Abaye, J. H. Herbein, W. M. Clapham, J.P.S. Neel, M. L. Wahlberg, and G. Scaglia. Fatty acid composition of forage, metabolism, and deposition in edible tissue of pasture and feedlot finished cattle. (in preparation)

Guay, J. F., A. O. Abaye, V. Mulkey-Olson, J. P Fontenot, and P. R. Peterson. Renovation of an old Matua prairie grass, Bromus willdenowii (Kunth), stand with legumes, and evaluation for animal performance. (in preparation)

Abaye, A. O., J. Guay, P. Peterson, V. Mulkey, S. Hutton, R. Smith. 2002. ‘Matua’ Prairie Grass, Bromus willdenowii.(Kunth) Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication Number 424-700, February, 2002.

ABSTRACTS

Abaye, A. O., V. R. Mulkey, J. P. Fontenot, J. F. Guay, R. Lemus, and T. Shanklin. 2003. Evaluation of Matua prairie grass and Matua prairie grass alfalfa mixtures for animal performance. In Proc. American Society of Agronomy. Denver, CO.

Guay, J. F., A. O. Abaye, P. R. Peterson, and J. P. Fontenot. 2001. Compatibility, yield, and quality of Matua prairiegrass grown with legumes. The Virginia Journal of Science. 52(2):77.

Guay, J. F., A. O. Abaye, P. R. Peterson, and J. P. Fontenot. 2000. Compatibility of Matua prairiegrass with legumes. In Proc. American Forage and Grassland Council Proceedings. Madison, WI.

Abaye, A. O., P. R. Peterson, J. R. Fincham, and J. P. Fontenot. 1999. Compatibility of Matua prairiegrass (Bromus willdenowii, Kunth) with legumes. In. Proc. American Society of Agronomy. Salt Lake City, UT.

Presentations

American Forage and Grassland Council Annual Meeting. 2000. Compatibility of Matua prairiegrass with legumes.

Virginia Academy of Science Annual Meeting. 2001. Compatibility of Matua prairiegrass with legumes.

Animal and Poultry Sciences - Departmental Seminars:

The value of warm season grasses in beef cattle systems. 2002.

Comparison of meat quality from cattle finished on forage and high concentrate diets. 2003.

Fatty acid composition of forage, metabolism and deposition in edible tissue of pasture and feedlot finished cattle. 2004.