Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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Environment

Agriculture; Animal feed

The aggregate of physical, chemical and biological factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival.

Error signal

Agriculture; Animal feed

The signal which is the albraic summation of an input signal and a feedback signal.

Digestion

Agriculture; Animal feed

Refers to all changes that feed undergoes within the digestive tract, with the end result being that the broken down products are absorbed from the digestive tract for use by the animal.

Diluent

Agriculture; Animal feed

An edible substance used to mix with and reduce the concentrate of nutrients and/or additives to make them more acceptable to animals, safer to use and more capable of being mixed uniformly in a ...

Directional valve

Agriculture; Animal feed

A valve which selectively directs or prevents fluid flow to desired channels.

Displacement

Agriculture; Animal feed

The quantity of fluid which can pass through a pump, motor or cylinder in a single revolution or stroke.

Efficiency

Agriculture; Animal feed

The ratio of output to input. Volumetric efficiency of a pump is the actual output in gpm divided by the theoretical or design output. The overall efficiency of a hydraulic system is the output ...