Comparison of 2 high-throughput spectral techniques to predict differences in diet composition of grazing sheep and cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1905-1913

  Moorby, J M ^a   Fraser, M D ^a   Parveen, I ^a   Lee, M R F ^a   Wold, J P ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cattle; Diet selection; Fluorescence emission spectroscopy; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Grazing; n alkane

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77951118743     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-1944     Document Type: Article

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