%0 Journal Article %9 journal article %J Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences %@ 1230-1388 %V 16 %N Suppl. 2 %D 2007 %F Castelán-Ortega2007 %T Use of n-alkanes for estimation of voluntary intake and digestibility in donkeys (Equus asinus) %X The aim of this work was to evaluate if the n-alkanes (C32) technique can be used to determine voluntary dry matter intake (DMI) and dry matter digestibility (DMD) in grazing donkeys. Two experiments were carried out; in trial 1 DMI and DMD were measured using n-alkanes in four caged donkeys. In trial 2, n-alkanes were used to predict DMI and DMD in six donkeys grazing a star grass sward ( Cynodon nlemfluensis ). Results from both experiments suggest that the n-alkanes technique can be used to predict DMI and DMD with similar results than those obtained with other more sophisticated or expensive techniques. %A Castelán-Ortega, O. A. %A Estrada-Flores, J. G. %A Smith, D. G. %A Colunga, B. %A Solís-Méndez, A. %A Avilés-Nova, F. %A Ramirez, A. %A García, I. %P 307-312 %R 10.22358/jafs/74513/2007 %U https://doi.org/10.22358/jafs/74513/2007