[Botanical composition of food of domestic ruminants feeding from Senegalese farming fields using a histologic analysis of the feces: effect of the technique of preservation and centrifugation of feces].
During a microhistological study of feces from domestic ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats), centrifugation was used to increase from 11 (classic method) to 93% the rate of dicotyledon epidermis in the total particles of the suspension. Regardless of the conservation method used (drying or addition of salt, formol or ethanol), a better analysis of the dicotyledon part of the diet was obtained.
Service d'Alimentation, IEMVT/CIRAD, Maisons-Alfort, France.
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D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002417:Cattle; D004435:Eating; D005243:Feces; D006041:Goats; D012675:Senegal; D012756:Sheep; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*
Etude de la composition botanique du régime alimentaire des ruminants domestiques exploitant des parcours agro-pastoraux du Sénégal par analyse histologique des fèces: effets de la technique de conservation et de la centrifugation des fèces.