The use of faecal analyses to estimate the phosphorus intake by grazing sheep. II. The repeatability of the technique and the influence of varying the phosphorus intake

dc.contributor.authorBelonje, P.C.
dc.contributor.authorVan den Berg, A.
dc.contributor.editorBigalke, R.D.
dc.contributor.editorCameron, Colin McKenzie
dc.contributor.editorGilchrist, Frances M.C.
dc.contributor.editorMorren, A.J.
dc.contributor.editorVerster, Anna J.M.
dc.contributor.otherSteyn, P.J.J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-07T08:19:42Z
dc.date.available2016-07-07T08:19:42Z
dc.date.created2016
dc.date.issued1980
dc.descriptionThe articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAnalyses of rectal faeces of sheep for phosphorus, calcium and magnesium may be useful to indicate the mineral status of the herbage being consumed. A number of sheep should be used for each pasture, but this would entail a large number of individual analyses. In this experiment it was shown that a pool analysis of faeces did not differ significantly (P < 0,01) from the arithmetic mean of the individual samples (20). In 13 replications this was true for phosphorus, calcium and magnesium, whether the sheep were non-pregnant, non-lactating, pregnant, or lactating. From the results it was estimated that 3 faecal pellets from at least 30 sheep should be used to make the pool. Blood was also taken on 11 occasions for pool and individual (20) analyses. No significant difference was found for plasma inorganic phosphate, magnesium and total protein, but on 3 occasions there was a significant difference (P< 0,01) for plasma calcium.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBelonje, P. C & Van den Berg, A 1980, 'The use of faecal analyses to estimate the phosphorus intake by grazing sheep. II. The repeatability of the technique and the influence of varying the phosphorus intake’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 169-172.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0330-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/54142
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherPublished by the Government Printer, Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.rights©1980 ARC - Ondersterpoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©2016 University of Pretoria Department of Library Services (digital).en_ZA
dc.subjectVeterinary medicineen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.titleThe use of faecal analyses to estimate the phosphorus intake by grazing sheep. II. The repeatability of the technique and the influence of varying the phosphorus intakeen_ZA
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