Assessment of n-alkanes, long-chain fatty alcohols and long-chain fatty acids as diet composition markers: The concentrations of these compounds in rangeland species from Sudan

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 257-271

  Ali, H A M ^a,c   Mayes, R W ^b   Hector, B L ^b   Orskov, E R ^b  

^a UNICEF Sudan ^*  (Sudan)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JUBA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Botanical composition; Faecal markers; Free ranging herbivores; Long chain fatty acids, Long chain fatty alcohols; N alkanes; Plant wax

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344384017     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.02.026     Document Type: Article

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