Satellite Symposium 3: Pastoral Systems
Description
Plant wax alkanes are now widely used as marker substances (Dove & Mayes 1991) for the estimation of forage intake and diet composition of grazing herbivores. The objective of this study was to evaluate this method with cattle grazing a M. sinensis grassland in Japan.
Citation
Zhang, Y.; Togamura, Y.; and Otsuki, K., "Using the N-Alkane Technique to Estimate the Herbage Intake and Diet Composition of Cattle Grazing a Miscanthus Sinensis Grassland" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 28.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellitesymposium3/28
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Using the N-Alkane Technique to Estimate the Herbage Intake and Diet Composition of Cattle Grazing a Miscanthus Sinensis Grassland
Plant wax alkanes are now widely used as marker substances (Dove & Mayes 1991) for the estimation of forage intake and diet composition of grazing herbivores. The objective of this study was to evaluate this method with cattle grazing a M. sinensis grassland in Japan.
