Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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vertical mixer

Agriculture; Animal feed

The vertical mixer consists of one or more vertical screws which elevate the feed ingredients to the top of the mixer where they fall by gravity to the bottom, to be mixed and re-elevated.

viscosity

Agriculture; Animal feed

A measure of the internal friction or the resistance of a fluid to flow.

viscosity index

Agriculture; Animal feed

A measure of the viscosity-temperature characteristics of a fluid as referred to that of two arbitrary reference fluids.

water hammer

Agriculture; Animal feed

Potentially damaging condition in steam pipes where waves develop on the condensate surface within a pipe as steam rushes over it. If the peak of the wave becomes high enough to reach the roof of ...

Condition of steam coils where condensate is not discharged at a sufficient rate to keep it from accumulating in the coil. Filled with condensate, the coils do not transfer significant heat to the ...

weaning

Agriculture; Animal feed

Removal of young mammals from their source of milk.

wet chemistry analysis

Agriculture; Animal feed

Traditional laboratory methods used to analyze feed samples involving various chemical, drying, burning procedures to determine the major chemical components within the feed sample.