Effects of faecal n-alkane recovery in estimates of diet composition

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-100

  Brosh, A ^a,d   Henkin, Z ^b   Rothman, S J ^b   Aharoni, Y ^a   Orlov, A ^a   Arieli, A ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d Newe Ya'ar ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; DIET; FECES; LIVESTOCK;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0037546958     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859602002757     Document Type: Article

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