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Using plant wax markers to estimate diet composition and intakes of mixed forages in sheep by feeding a known amount of alkane-labelled supplement

E. Charmley A C and H. Dove B
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A Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Nappan, Nova Scotia B0L 1C0, Canada. Current address: CSIRO Livestock Industries, PO Box 5545, Rockhampton Mail Centre, Qld 4702, Australia.

B CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: ed.charmley@csiro.au

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 58(12) 1215-1225 https://doi.org/10.1071/AR07187
Submitted: 15 May 2007  Accepted: 20 August 2007   Published: 17 December 2007



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