The response factors for each alkane were calculated from peak areas and the known concentrations with linear calibration curve method.
As would be expected, the alkane concentrations in faeces were about twice those in the herbage species offered to the wethers.
Faecal recoveries of the alkanes of plant cuticular waxes in penned and in grazing sheep.
For odd-chain alkanes, the site variance declined as the carbon-chain length increased.
Faecal recoveries of alkanes in equids do not appear to show the same influence of carbon chain length that has been observed in ruminant studies.
However, few reports were found to evaluate the effects of herbage species and live weight of sheep on faecal alkane recoveries.
Using a least-squares optimization procedure to estimate botanical composition based on the alkanes of plant cuticular wax.
In the present experiment, the effect of sampling site on the alkane patterns was significant while the site variance varied depending on individual alkanes.
