Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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carbohydrates

Agriculture; Animal feed

They are organic compounds and the main source of energy for animals. These are biochemical compounds composed only of the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

The total investment needed to complete a project and bring it to a commercially operable status. The cost of construction of a new plant or the expenditures for the purchase/acquisition of existing ...

capillary action

Agriculture; Animal feed

The combination of solid-liquid adhesion and surface tension by which liquid moves through a cellular structure.

canola

Agriculture; Animal feed

The American name for oilseed rape, an arable crop grown for the extraction of oil from the seeds. Canola (rapeseed) meal, a byproduct of the oil extraction process is used as a high-protein animal ...

can velocity

Agriculture; Animal feed

The velocity of the gas in the passages between the filter units in the filter house of a gas filter.

calorific value

Agriculture; Animal feed

The potential heat-production value of a wood source. Depends on the cellulose-lignin ratio, the percentage of extractives, and the moisture content.

calibration

Agriculture; Animal feed

1. Adjusting the control or recording equipment to reflect the actual control or recording temperatures. 2. Procedures that involve scanning an object of known size. Calibration is used to adjust ...