Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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Feed budget

Agriculture; Animal feed

Comparison of feed required with feed available and likely to be grown during the time of the budget projection.

Feed contaminant

Agriculture; Animal feed

A substance contaminating animal feed and can threaten animal and/or human health. Contaminants can be naturally or non naturally occurring.

Feed grain

Agriculture; Animal feed

Any of several grains most commonly used for livestock or poultry feed, including corn, grain sorghum, oats, rye, and barley.

Feed ingredient group

Agriculture; Animal feed

Ingredients fall into different categories - i.e. grain, forage, protein, fat, vitamin or mineral.

The details of a specific ration that should contain information such as: animal the feed is designed to be fed to, ration purpose, nutrient levels, ingredients, feeding rate, special warnings, batch ...

Feed standards

Agriculture; Animal feed

Sets of tables published by the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences giving the amounts of each nutrient required by an animal for body maintenance, growth and production.