Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Dimas Estrasulas de
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Silva, Sila Carneiro da
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Scientia Agrícola (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/sa/article/view/22301
Resumo: Knowledge of information relative to the digestibility, intake and botanical and morphological composition of the diet is important in nutritional studies, since it provides the basis for understanding aspects related to the ingestive behavior and selectivity of animals. N-alkanes have been used successfully as markers in studies with many species of animals, particularly domesticated ruminants, most of the times as replacements for conventional markers as chromium oxide for example. However, for wild ruminants and non-ruminant animals information on this technique is still scarce and, as a consequence, its potential for use unknown. This review reports the use of this technique in studies of feed digestibility, intake and diet composition with wild ruminants and non-ruminant animals, summarizing results and inferring on the feasibility and applicability of the technique.
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spelling Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals Alcanos como indicadores em estudos nutricionais com ruminantes selvagens e animais não-ruminantes consumocomposição da dietadigestibilidadeforragenshidrocarbonetosdigestibilitydiet compositionfeed intakeforageshydrocarbons Knowledge of information relative to the digestibility, intake and botanical and morphological composition of the diet is important in nutritional studies, since it provides the basis for understanding aspects related to the ingestive behavior and selectivity of animals. N-alkanes have been used successfully as markers in studies with many species of animals, particularly domesticated ruminants, most of the times as replacements for conventional markers as chromium oxide for example. However, for wild ruminants and non-ruminant animals information on this technique is still scarce and, as a consequence, its potential for use unknown. This review reports the use of this technique in studies of feed digestibility, intake and diet composition with wild ruminants and non-ruminant animals, summarizing results and inferring on the feasibility and applicability of the technique. O conhecimento de informações relativas à digestibilidade, consumo, composição botânica e morfológica da dieta é importante em estudos de nutrição, pois fornece a base para a compreensão de aspectos relativos ao comportamento ingestivo e a seletividade dos animais. N-alcanos têm sido usados com sucesso como indicadores em estudos com várias espécies de animais, particularmente ruminantes domésticos, muitas vezes como substitutos a marcadores convencionais como o cromo por exemplo. No entanto, no caso de ruminantes selvagens e animais não-ruminantes as informações sobre essa técnica são ainda escassas e, consequentemente, seu potencial de uso desconhecido. Esta revisão borda o uso dessa metodologia em estudos de digestibilidade, consumo e estimativa da composição da dieta em ruminantes selvagens e animais não-ruminantes, sumarizando resultados e inferindo sobre a viabilidade e aplicabilidade da técnica. Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz2007-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/sa/article/view/2230110.1590/S0103-90162007000600015Scientia Agricola; v. 64 n. 6 (2007); 657-662Scientia Agricola; Vol. 64 No. 6 (2007); 657-662Scientia Agricola; Vol. 64 Núm. 6 (2007); 657-6621678-992X0103-9016reponame:Scientia Agrícola (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/sa/article/view/22301/24325Copyright (c) 2015 Scientia Agricolainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOliveira, Dimas Estrasulas deSilva, Sila Carneiro da2015-07-07T17:33:55Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/22301Revistahttp://revistas.usp.br/sa/indexPUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpscientia@usp.br||alleoni@usp.br1678-992X0103-9016opendoar:2015-07-07T17:33:55Scientia Agrícola (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals
Alcanos como indicadores em estudos nutricionais com ruminantes selvagens e animais não-ruminantes
title Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals
spellingShingle Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals
Oliveira, Dimas Estrasulas de
consumo
composição da dieta
digestibilidade
forragens
hidrocarbonetos
digestibility
diet composition
feed intake
forages
hydrocarbons
title_short Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals
title_full Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals
title_fullStr Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals
title_full_unstemmed Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals
title_sort Alkanes as markers in nutritional studies with wild ruminant and non-ruminant animals
author Oliveira, Dimas Estrasulas de
author_facet Oliveira, Dimas Estrasulas de
Silva, Sila Carneiro da
author_role author
author2 Silva, Sila Carneiro da
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Dimas Estrasulas de
Silva, Sila Carneiro da
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv consumo
composição da dieta
digestibilidade
forragens
hidrocarbonetos
digestibility
diet composition
feed intake
forages
hydrocarbons
topic consumo
composição da dieta
digestibilidade
forragens
hidrocarbonetos
digestibility
diet composition
feed intake
forages
hydrocarbons
description Knowledge of information relative to the digestibility, intake and botanical and morphological composition of the diet is important in nutritional studies, since it provides the basis for understanding aspects related to the ingestive behavior and selectivity of animals. N-alkanes have been used successfully as markers in studies with many species of animals, particularly domesticated ruminants, most of the times as replacements for conventional markers as chromium oxide for example. However, for wild ruminants and non-ruminant animals information on this technique is still scarce and, as a consequence, its potential for use unknown. This review reports the use of this technique in studies of feed digestibility, intake and diet composition with wild ruminants and non-ruminant animals, summarizing results and inferring on the feasibility and applicability of the technique.
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