Predicting diet quality of donkeys via fecal-NIRS calibrations

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-239

  Kidane, Negusse F ^a   Stuth, Jerry W ^a   Tolleson, Douglas R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crude protein; Digestible organic matter; Equus asinus; Free grazing; Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CROP RESIDUE; DIET; FECES; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; GRAZING; HORSE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN; RUMINANT; SPECTROSCOPY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 62149096102     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-193.1     Document Type: Article

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