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Observations on the use of plasma free fatty acid concentrations in the determination of maintenance requirements of sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. J. F. Russel  and
J. M. Doney
J. M. Doney
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Research Organisation, 29 Lauder Road, Edinburgh
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Summary

The objective of the investigations reported in this paper was to examine the possibility of using plasma free fatty acid concentrations as a means of estimating food requirements for maintenance purposes in sheep. Estimates derived in these investigations are considered to be less satisfactory than those based on live-weight change. It is concluded, however, that the technique merits further consideration, and that, with more precise knowledge of FFA concentrations in maintenance-fed sheep and of the FFA: food intake response curve, it could provide a useful alternative means of estimating maintenance requirements.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 59 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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