Use of Fecal Cellulose to Estimate Plant Tissue Eaten by Deer
Issue Date
1965-05-01Keywords
Fecal Celluloseplant tissues
digestion trials
Cellulose Content
Fecal Material
hemicellulose
fecal excretion
Pen Studies
Browse Digestibility
feed intakeFeeding Trialsdigestible energymule deersurveyslignindeerutilization
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Short, H. L., & Remmenga, E. E. (1965). Use of fecal cellulose to estimate plant tissue eaten by deer. Journal of Range Management, 18(3), 139-144.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895625Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
In digestion trials with deer, the cellulose content of forages was inversely related to digestible energy of the ration. In range pen trials, fecal cellulose seemed to have predictive value in estimating range forage consumed.Type
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