Development of near infrared analysis of faeces to estimate non-grass proportions in diets selected by cattle grazing tropical pastures

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 471-480

  Coates, David B ^a   Dixon, Rob M ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Diet composition; Faecal NIR spectroscopy; Non grass; Northern Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449104870     PISSN: 09670335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/jnirs.815     Document Type: Article

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