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Animal feed
Of or relating to the food products given to farmed animals.
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heat treatment
Agriculture; Animal feed
A process in which heat is used to treat compound feed in order to reduce the microbial load and to eliminate pathogenic germs such as salmonella.
hectare
Agriculture; Animal feed
A metric unit of area, 100 metres by 100 metres (10,000 square metres); equivalent to 2.471 acres.
hemicellulose
Agriculture; Animal feed
The polysaccharide fraction existing in the cell wall of the plant. It is similar to cellulose but is only partially digestible in the rumen.
hog fuel
Agriculture; Animal feed
Waste wood that is used for generation of heat and process energy; made by reducing bark to a usable size.
