title: [Dietary preferences of domestic ruminants (cattle, sheep, goats) grazing on natural Sahelian and Sudano-Sahelian ranges. IV. Attempted description of the diet by micro-histological analyses of samples collected by shepherds, esophageal boluses and feces from cattle and sheep].
abstract: A research program to study tropical pastures used by domestic livestock was implemented in Senegal. During field studies, numerous information was collected together with many samples with three main aims: pasture composition, diet composition and relationship between each other. The so-called method of epiderms, more often used in temperate areas, was chosen for analyzing and comparing the botanical composition of 105 samples, e.g., shepherd's hand-picking, alimentary bolus and faeces collected during a twelve-month period. In view of the results, some methodological problems are raised and discussed.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Planton
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D010944:Plants; D012418:Ruminants; D012675:Senegal; D012756:Sheep
vernacular_title: Le régime alimentaire des ruminants domestiques (bovins, ovins, caprins) exploitant des parcours naturels sahéliens et soudano-sahéliens. IV. Essai de description du régime par analyses micro-histologiques d'échantillons de collectes du berger, bols oesophagiens et fèces recueillis sur des bovins et des ovins.