A Comparison of the Lignin Ratio Technique and the Chromogen Method of Determining Digestibility and Forage Consumption of Desert Range Plants by Sheep

Wayne Cook, C.; E. Harris, Lorin

doi:10.2527/jas1951.103565x

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A Comparison of the Lignin Ratio Technique and the Chromogen Method of Determining Digestibility and Forage Consumption of Desert Range Plants by Sheep

Published in Journal of Animal Science • Aug 1, 1951

Authors:

C. Wayne Cook

Lorin E. Harris

Abstract

During the winter grazing season of 1950–51 a study was conducted on desert ranges in northwestern Utah to compare two methods of determining forage consumption and digestibility of native forage species by the use of tracer or indicator plant substances. The one method uses lignin as the indicator ...

Subject

Forage

Lignin

Dry matter

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