Use of an Esophageal-Fistula Cannula for Collecting Forage Samples by Grazing Sheep
- 1 February 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 17 (1), 189-193
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1958.171189x
Abstract
A new technique for collecting herbage samples by means of sheep equipped with esophageal-fistula cannulae is described. Several fistulated sheep were used to collect forage samples representative of ingested material. Other sheep were used in the experimental areas to collect liquid and solid excreta by means of collection bags. Thus by using the lignin-ratio procedure the digestibility of range forage can be determined.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Use of the Esophageal Fistula for the Determination of Consumption and Digestibility of Pasture Forage by Sheep2Journal of Animal Science, 1956
- An Esophageal Fistula for Animal Nutrition StudiesJournal of Animal Science, 1954