Use of alkanes to estimate dry matter intake of beef steers grazing high quality pastures

Utilisation of Grazed Grass in Temperate Animal Systems: Proceedings of a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Cork, Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 250-

  Scaglia, G ^a   Boland, H T ^a   Lopez Guerrero, I ^a   Shanklin, R K ^a   Fontenot, J P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Beef steers; Forages; Intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873424964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-554-3     Document Type: Chapter

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2. Mayes, R. W., C. S. Lamb & P. M. Colgrove (1986). The use of dosed and herbage n-alkanes as markers for the determination of herbage intake. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge, 107, 161-170.