@conference {41107,
	title = {Brief Communication: The combination of the n-alkanes and the 13C methods as a new tool for estimating individual DM intakes of pasture and maize silage by grazing dairy cows},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {59},
	year = {1999},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {156-157},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {It is very difficult to measure DM intakes by indi-vidual grazing animals, particularly if these animals are being supplemented as a group, and the individual intakes of both pasture (P) and supplement are of interest. When the supplement is maize silage (MS), the difference in the proportions of the stable isotope 13 C between temperate P and MS could be combined with the n-alkane method for this purpose. The experiment described here was conducted to test this method and also to measure the variation be-tween individual cows in the amount of MS eaten daily.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Garcia SC and Holmes CW and Hodgson J and MacDonald A}
}
