Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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Flow rate

Agriculture; Animal feed

The volume, mass, or weight of a fluid passing through any conductor per unit of time.

Fluid

Agriculture; Animal feed

1. A liquid or gas. 2. A liquid that is specially compounded for use as a power-transmitting medium in a hydraulic system.

Fodder

Agriculture; Animal feed

Any foodstuff used to specifically feed livestock. The food is given to the animals rather than having to forage for themselves. Includes hay, straw, silage, pelleted feeds, oils, mixed rations, etc.

Gauge pressure

Agriculture; Animal feed

A pressure scale which ignores atmospheric pressure. Its zero point is 14.7 psi absolute.

Gelatinized

Agriculture; Animal feed

Process where starch granules are completely ruptured by a combination of moisture, heat and pressure, and in some instances, by mechanical shear.

Genetic engineering

Agriculture; Animal feed

The science of modifying the genetic constitution of plants and animals directly.

Genetically modified organism (GMO)

A GMO is a new organism resulting from foreign DNA being inserted into the genome of a given species. As a result, this species takes on an inherited characteristic coded in the transplanted DNA. The ...