Using the alkanes and long-chain alcohols of plant cuticular wax to estimate diet composition and the intakes of mixed forages in sheep consuming a known amount of alkane-labelled supplement

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1474-1485

  Dove, H ^a   Charmley, E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Diet composition; Intake; Long chain alcohols; Roughage; Supplement

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; MICROPUS; OVIS ARIES; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 50449109777     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002735     Document Type: Article

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