The use of naturally occurring and artificially applied n-alkanes as markers for estimation of short-term diet composition and intake in sheep

The potential use of faecal n-alkanes for estimation of intake and diet composition over periods of 1–2 days was assessed in two experiments. The aim was to determine the accuracy with which intake and diet composition could be estimated by characterizing faecal excretion of n-alkanes following a di...

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