Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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cake

Agriculture; Animal feed

Cake is the main source of protein in animal feed. Produced by extracting vegetable oils from various oilseeds: soya, rapeseed, sunflower, copra, sesame, etc. leaving a product, generally rich in ...

byproduct

Agriculture; Animal feed

Product of considerably less value than the major product. For example, the hide and offal are byproducts, while beef is the major product.

by-pass protein

Agriculture; Animal feed

The portion of intake protein that has a slow rate of degradability in the rumen.

buteric silage

Agriculture; Animal feed

Silage that is too wet and does not ferment properly.

breather

Agriculture; Animal feed

A device which permits air to move in and out of a container or component to maintain atmospheric pressure.

braze

Agriculture; Animal feed

As in welding, a method of adhering or soldering carbide or other hard metal teeth inserts, or joining pieces of metal.

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.