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Animal feed
Of or relating to the food products given to farmed animals.
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Differential cylinder
Agriculture; Animal feed
Any cylinder in which the two opposed piston areas are not equal.
Dither
Agriculture; Animal feed
A low amplitude, relatively high frequency periodic electrical signal, sometimes superimposed on the servo valve input to improve system resolution. Dither is expressed by the dither frequency (Hz) ...
Drain
Agriculture; Animal feed
A passage in, or a line from, a hydraulic component which returns leakage fluid independently to reservoir or to a vented manifold.
Dry feeds
Agriculture; Animal feed
Complete feeds, hay and supplements - feeds that are around 90% dry matter.
Dry matter (DM)
Agriculture; Animal feed
Total weight of feed minus the weight of water in the feed, expressed as a percentage. Also referred to as: dry, dry basis, dry result or moisture-free basis.
Dry matter intake (DMI)
Agriculture; Animal feed
All the nutrients contained in the dry portion of the feed consumed by animals.