Animal feed

Animal feed

Of or relating to the food products given to farmed animals.

Industry: Agriculture

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Mechanical control

Agriculture; Animal feed

Any control actuated by linkages, gears, screws, cams or other mechanical elements.

Megacalorie

Agriculture; Animal feed

Units used to describe quantities of energy in a large animal's diet. Equal to 1,000 kilocalories (Kcal).

Metabolised

Agriculture; Animal feed

The process whereby the food is digested to enable the animal to utilise the nutrients.

Kinetic energy

Agriculture; Animal feed

Energy that a substance or body has by virtue of its mass (weight) and velocity.

Knuckleboom

Agriculture; Animal feed

A hydraulically operated loading boom whose mechanical action imitates the human arm. Common on "forwarders".

Lactation

Agriculture; Animal feed

Describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands, the process of providing milk to the young and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. Chief function is to provide ...

Lift

Agriculture; Animal feed

The height a body or column of fluid is raised; for instance, from the reservoir to the pump inlet. Lift is sometimes used to express a negative pressure or vacuum. The opposite of head.