Use of n-alkanes to estimate intake and digestibility of signalgrass and forage peanut in sheep;Consumo e digestibilidade da matéria seca de fenos de braquiária decumbens e amendoim forrageiro em ovinos estimados por meio de n-alcanos

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 471-479

  Fukumoto, Nelson Massaru ^a   Damasceno, Julio Cesar ^b,c   Côrtes, Cristiano ^d   Paine, Rafael Cesário ^b   Queiroz, Maria Fernanda Soares ^b   Dos Santos, Geraldo Tadeu ^b,c   Matsushita, Makoto ^b  

^a Bolsista do CNPq   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c CNPq   (Brazil)

^d UEPG UFPR

Author keywords

Cuticular wax; Dotriacontane; Fecal recovery; Gas chromatography; Markers; Ruminant

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ARACHIS PINTOI; BOVIDAE; BRACHIARIA; OVIS ARIES; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 34248156636     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: 18069290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-35982007000200026     Document Type: Article

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