The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Muir, C. J., Oliver, J., & Cuddeford, D. (2006, October). The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. Presented at Fifth International Colloquium on Working Equines. The future for working equines

Measuring daily food intake of foraging animals is essential if accurate feeding rations are to be implemented. The alkane technique, which has recently been validated in equines, now provides the opportunity to measure intake at pasture. The aims of... Read More about The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK..

Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wood, S. J., Smith, D., Muir, C. J., & Cuddeford, D. (2006, October). Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK. Presented at Fifth International Colloquium on Working Equines. The future for working equines. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

At present there are no published feeding guidelines specific to donkeys. Current recommendations are to feed 0.75 of horse energy needs on a body weight basis. However, it has been shown that donkeys have a greater digestive efficiency than horses a... Read More about Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK..

Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids. (2007)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Mayes, R. W., Hollands, T., Cuddeford, D., Yule, H. H., Ladrero, C. M. M., & Gillen, E. (2007). Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids. Journal of Agricultural Science, 145, 273-281. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859607006788

The estimation of dry matter intake (DMI) using the alkane pair technique has been validated in ruminants, but not in equids. The current paper reports the finding of three comparative validation studies carried out using a total of 12 cattle, 29 don... Read More about Validating the alkane pair technique to estimate dry matter intake in equids..

The dry matter intake of grazing horses. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, D., Cuddeford, D., Mayes, R., & Hollands, T. (2007, September). The dry matter intake of grazing horses. Presented at 46th Congress of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA)

Use of n-alkanes for estimation of voluntary intake and digestibility in donkeys (Equus asinus) (2007)
Journal Article
Castelǭn-Ortega, O. A., Estrada-Flores, J. G., Smith, D., Colunga, G. B., Solis_Mendezl, A., Aviles_Nova, F., Ramirez, A., & Garcial, I. (2007). Use of n-alkanes for estimation of voluntary intake and digestibility in donkeys (Equus asinus). Journal of animal and feed sciences, 16, 307-312

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 meas... Read More about Use of n-alkanes for estimation of voluntary intake and digestibility in donkeys (Equus asinus).