Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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Coolers

Agriculture; Animal feed

Coolers/Dryers reduce the temperature of feed pellets to ambient(or less) and/or reduce the moisture content to 10-12%(or less). Two basic types exist, horizontal and vertical.

Cookers

Agriculture; Animal feed

Cookers are used in aquafeeds for steaming/cooking feeds to assist with water stability through starch gelatinisation.

Conventional chemical analysis

Agriculture; Animal feed

Traditional laboratory methods used to analyse feed samples involving various chemical, drying, burning procedures to determine the major chemical components within the feed sample.

Cottonseed whole

Agriculture; Animal feed

Whole cottonseed may be used as a feed for mature cattle. It is usually soaked in water and fed in small quantities as a supplement to green feed.

Cottonseed meal

Agriculture; Animal feed

The byproduct remaining after cotton lint is removed, the seeds crushed and the oil extracted. The remaining meal is usually used for animal feed. However, the meal contains a compound called ...

Cottonseed hulls

Agriculture; Animal feed

Parts of the cottonseed head that is left after the cotton and meal have been extracted. Normally considered to be a very low quality feed for ruminants.