Assessment of very long-chain fatty acids as complementary or alternative natural fecal markers to n-alkanes for estimating diet composition of goats feeding on mixed diets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2732-2745

  Ferreira, L M M ^a   Carvalho, S ^a   Falco, V ^b   Celaya, R ^c   Garcia U ^c   Santos, A S ^a   Rodrigues, M A M ^a   Osoro, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkane; Diet composition; Fecal recovery; Goat; Heathland; Very long chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALKANES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; FEMALE; GOATS;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ERICA ARBOREA; ERICA CINEREA; ERICA UMBELLATA; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; ULEX EUROPAEUS; ULEX GALLII;

EID: 68849108839     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1718     Document Type: Article

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