Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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Shim

Agriculture; Animal feed

A thin piece or strip of metal used to fill in, as in leveling.

The sifter (also referred to as sieves, screens and screeners) is a separator, usually oscillating, with a number of screens. It is used to separate crumbles or granules by particle size depending on ...

Sequence

Agriculture; Animal feed

The order of a series of operations or movements.

Sequencing valve

Agriculture; Animal feed

A pressure operated valve which, at its setting, diverts flow to a secondary line while holding a predetermined minimum pressure in the primary line.

Servo mechanism

Agriculture; Animal feed

A mechanism subjected to the action of a controlling device which will operate as if it were directly actuated by the controlling device, but capable of supplying power output many times that of the ...

Ruminant

Agriculture; Animal feed

Animal that chews the cud (partly digested food) regurgitated from its rumen, and has a stomach of four compartments. Cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and elk are ruminants.

Rung

Agriculture; Animal feed

An element of the PLC ladder logic program. Each rung looks at input signals and turns output signals on or off. The programme runs by scanning the ladder logic, testing the input points and the ...