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Animal feed

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

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pellet dies

Agriculture; Animal feed

The component of a pellet mill that contains small holes through which soft feed it forced producing cyclindrical feed pellets.

pellet mill

Agriculture; Animal feed

Type of mill that creates cylindrical feed pellets from a mixture of feedstock ingredients. Achieved by forcing soft feed through holes in a metal die plate to form compacted pellets which are then ...

pellet rolls

Agriculture; Animal feed

Single or double rolls (also known as pellet shells) mounted inside the die ring which turn and force feed into the die holes. Patterns/Configurations include: corrugated open end, corrugated closed ...

pelleted

Agriculture; Animal feed

A ration that goes through the process to compact the ration into a pellet.

pelleting compression ratio

Agriculture; Animal feed

The ratio between the effective pelleting length (the actual compression thickness) and the pellet hole diameter (D).

percent moisture

Agriculture; Animal feed

Indicates the proportion of water in the feed sample, calculated by weighing the sample before and after complete drying.

pet

Agriculture; Animal feed

An animal kept for the pleasure of its owner.

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