Characterization of fecal nitrogen forms produced by a sheep fed with 15N labeled ryegrass

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-368

  Bosshard, C ^a,d   Oberson, A ^a   Leinweber, P ^b   Jandl, G ^b   Knicker, H ^c   Wettstein, H R ^a   Kreuzer, M ^a   Frossard, E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

15N labeling; Curie point pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Ryegrass hay; Sheep feces; Solid state cross polarization 15N nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AMINO ACID; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASS; HAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN; PYROLYSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; LOLIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79958247949     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-011-9437-1     Document Type: Article

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