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    Technical Note: Mechanical despining of plains pricklypear

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    Author
    Mueller, D. M.
    Forwood, J. R.
    Issue Date
    1994-09-01
    Keywords
    processors
    cylinders
    processing quality
    cactus despiner
    processing technology
    spines
    water content
    Opuntia polyacantha
    relative humidity
    cattle feeding
    Colorado
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    Mueller, D. M., & Forwood, J. R. (1994). Technical note: Mechanical despining of plains pricklypear. Journal of Range Management, 47(5), 410-412.
    Publisher
    Society for Range Management
    Journal
    Journal of Range Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/644484
    DOI
    10.2307/4002340
    Additional Links
    https://rangelands.org/
    Abstract
    Plains pricklypear cactus (Opuntia polyacantha L.) is abundant on the Central Great Plains, producing dry matter yields from 1,500 to 2,000 kg/ha. Although pricklypear is high in energy and palatable, long sharp spines make it, and vegetation immediately surrounding it, unavailable to livestock. The possibility of simultaneously controlling and feeding plains pricklypear led to development of machinery for harvesting and despining cactus. The mechanical despiner described here adequately removed spines from pads during periods of low relative humidity. Softening of cactus spines due to high relative humidity resulted in failure of the despiner to adequately remove spines. Cattle readily ate despined cactus in the winter when green forage was unavailable.
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    en
    ISSN
    0022-409X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.2307/4002340
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