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Biblioteca(s): 	Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos.	
Data corrente: 	06/03/2018	
Data da última atualização: 	06/03/2018	
Autoria: 	KEIR, B. L.; MAYES, R. W.; ÖRSKOV, E. R.	
Título: 	The potential of urinary metabolites of plant compounds as indicators of botanical composition of the diet of goats.	
Ano de publicação: 	2001	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	In: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 2001, Scarborough, UK. Proceedings... Medlothian: BSAS, 2001. 1 CD ROM. p. 146.	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Conteúdo: 	The purpose of this study was to establish whether urinary metabolites, occurring as a result of ingestion of different individual plant species, have the potential to be used as markers to estimate diet composition. The results of the present study indicate that the pattern of metabolites excreted in urine by goats often varies according to the plant species ingested. It is possible that the different patterns of urinary metabolites detected after ingestion of different plants have potential to be used as qualitative indicators of the ingestion of these plant materials by ruminants. The results of this study support the possibility of using urinary metabolites of plant secondary compounds as markers to estimate the diet composition of free-ranging herbivores but further work is required to develop a successful technique. For quantitative estimations, recoveries of metabolites relative to the intakes of individual plants need to be determined. Furthermore, simple
methods of sampling and measuring urine output from free-ranging animals would be required. However, perhaps the greatest potential of such urinary metabolites is as qualitative markers to be used in combination with quantitative faecal
markers, such as plant-wax hydrocarbons and fatty alcohols.	
Thesaurus Nal: 	Animal nutrition; Goats.	
Categoria do assunto: 	L Ciência Animal e Produtos de Origem Animal	
Registro original: 	Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos (CNPC)	
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