Diet composition can be estimated in free-ranging animals by the use of n-alkane and long-chain fatty alcohol concentrations in feces. However, this technique involves relatively laborious and costly analytical techniques. Two spectroscopy techniques were investigated as a way of determining whether dietary differences are likely, thus indicating whether the more expensive and labor-intensive techniques for more detailed analysis are justified. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and front-face fluorescence emission spectroscopy (lambda(excitation) = 380 nm, lambda(emission) = 600 to 760 nm) were used to analyze fecal samples collected from 2 different breeds of cattle and sheep (4 groups in total, n = 6 per group) grazing moorla...
Overbrowsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann) on Anticosti Island (Canada) c...
Grass (monocots) and non-grass (dicots) proportions in ruminant diets are important nutritionally be...
International audienceSelective grazing by ruminant livestock and other herbivores causes difficulti...
Diet composition can be estimated in free-ranging animals by the use of n-alkane and longchain fatty...
Accurately identifying the botanical composition of free-ranging animal diets remains a challenge. C...
Diet selection is an important driver of ecosystem structure and function that is difficult to measu...
International audienceSince consumers are showing increased interest in the origin and method of pro...
This study evaluated the ability of equations developed from the analysis of faecal material by conv...
Research on diet selection is limited by inadequate techniques for determining botanical composition...
Fecal near infrared spectroscopy (FNIRS) has been used to estimate diet quality, and diet compositio...
Selective grazing by ruminant livestock and other herbivores causes difficulties in measuring or est...
In ruminants near infrared spectroscopy of faeces (F.NIRS) can measure the concentrations of faecal ...
Selective foraging among free-ranging herbivores can make measuring botanical composition of diets c...
Faecal near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (F.NIRS) provides predictive information on cattle die...
Near infrared spectroscopy is increasingly use as an alternative to classical analytical method to e...
Overbrowsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann) on Anticosti Island (Canada) c...
Grass (monocots) and non-grass (dicots) proportions in ruminant diets are important nutritionally be...
International audienceSelective grazing by ruminant livestock and other herbivores causes difficulti...
Diet composition can be estimated in free-ranging animals by the use of n-alkane and longchain fatty...
Accurately identifying the botanical composition of free-ranging animal diets remains a challenge. C...
Diet selection is an important driver of ecosystem structure and function that is difficult to measu...
International audienceSince consumers are showing increased interest in the origin and method of pro...
This study evaluated the ability of equations developed from the analysis of faecal material by conv...
Research on diet selection is limited by inadequate techniques for determining botanical composition...
Fecal near infrared spectroscopy (FNIRS) has been used to estimate diet quality, and diet compositio...
Selective grazing by ruminant livestock and other herbivores causes difficulties in measuring or est...
In ruminants near infrared spectroscopy of faeces (F.NIRS) can measure the concentrations of faecal ...
Selective foraging among free-ranging herbivores can make measuring botanical composition of diets c...
Faecal near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (F.NIRS) provides predictive information on cattle die...
Near infrared spectroscopy is increasingly use as an alternative to classical analytical method to e...
Overbrowsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann) on Anticosti Island (Canada) c...
Grass (monocots) and non-grass (dicots) proportions in ruminant diets are important nutritionally be...
International audienceSelective grazing by ruminant livestock and other herbivores causes difficulti...