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    Procedure for Fecal Cuticle Analysis of Herbivore Diets

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    Stevens, E. J.
    Stevens, S. J.
    Gates, R. N.
    Eskridge, K. M.
    Waller, S. S.
    Issue Date
    1987-03-01
    Keywords
    epidermis
    cuticle
    Medicago sativa
    histology
    feces composition
    Sorghastrum nutans
    diets
    sheep
    
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    Stevens, E. J., Stevens, S. J., Gates, R. N., Eskridge, K. M., & Waller, S. S. (1987). Procedure for fecal cuticle analysis of herbivore diets. Journal of Range Management, 40(2), 187-189.
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    Society for Range Management
    Journal
    Journal of Range Management
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/645382
    DOI
    10.2307/3899218
    Additional Links
    https://rangelands.org/
    Abstract
    Cuticular imprints of underlying plant tissue which survive ruminant digestion in herbivore feces provide a reliable taxonomic basis for species identification provided they can be adequately prepared for microhistological analysis. Objectives of this research were to investigate the discernibility of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cuticle in sheep feces and document a procedure for fecal cuticle analysis. A completely random design with 4 replications was used with a split-plot arrangement of treatments. Diet treatments were applied to whole-plots and fecal preparation techniques were applied to subplots. Mature wethers were fed diets containing 25, 50, or 75% prebloom alfalfa hay with vegetative indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash] hay. A fecal cuticle procedure was described which established a linear relationship between dietary and fecal alfalfa contents. Under conditions where species characterized by fragile cuticle (such as alfalfa) are part of the dietary intake and diet is low in woody species, cuticle procedures may represent an alternative method for dietary composition analysis. An epidermal preparatory technique used in conjunction with fecal cuticle procedures did not establish a linear relationship between dietary and fecal alfalfa contents.
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    en
    ISSN
    0022-409X
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    10.2307/3899218
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