Faecal indices based on near infrared spectroscopy to assess intake, in vivo digestibility and chemical composition of the herbage ingested by sheep (crude protein, fibres and lignin content)

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-113

  Fanchone, A ^a   Boval, M ^a   Lecomte, Ph ^b   Archimede H ^a  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Diet chemical composition; Faeces; In vivo digestibility; Intake; Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy; Sheep; Tropical fresh grass

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147178085     PISSN: 09670335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/jnirs.720     Document Type: Article

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