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Title: | Hydrocarbon marker: a new tool for transit time studies | Contributor(s): | Choct, Mingan (author) ; Wang, J (author); Hughes, RJ (author); Annison, G (author) | Publication Date: | 1995 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17525 | Abstract: | Feed transit time is the amount of time feed components are retained in the gastrointestinal tract and is often measured by giving a known amount of marker-containing diet and determining the first appearance of the marker in the faeces. Most markers used in digestibility studies are insoluble substances such as Cr203 and acid-insoluble ash which must be incorporated into the diets in substantial quantities for sufficient accuracy in subsequent determinations. Feeding birds a marker-containing diet in a given amount of time is difficult and inaccurate, and force-feeding birds using the Sibbald technique is tedious and not suitable for young broilers. The current paper describes a new fat-soluble marker, a long-chain alkane (C36H74), which can be easily and accurately administered to chickens orally. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | APSS 1995: 7th Annual Australian Poultry Science Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 1995 | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the Australian Poultry Science Symposium, v.7, p. 200-200 | Publisher: | University of Sydney | Place of Publication: | Sydney, Australia | ISSN: | 1034-6260 1034-3466 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070204 Animal Nutrition | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830309 Poultry | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication |
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