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Animal feed

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

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return line

Agriculture; Animal feed

A line used to carry exhaust fluid from the actuator back to sump.

reversing valve

Agriculture; Animal feed

A four-way directional valve used to reverse a double-acting cylinder or reversible motor.

roller

Agriculture; Animal feed

A cylindrical body movable about its longitudinal axis.

rotary actuator

Agriculture; Animal feed

A device for converting hydraulic energy into rotary motion - a hydraulic motor.

roughage

Agriculture; Animal feed

Portion of plants that are used as feed. Roughages include as grass, maize silage or sorghum silage.

rumen

Agriculture; Animal feed

The first compartment of four compartments of a ruminant animal’s stomach. The rumen serves as the primary site of food fermentation. Also referred to as the forestomach or paunch.

rumen degradable protein (RDP)

Agriculture; Animal feed

That portion of the consumed protein that is degraded or digested in the rumen by microbes to ammonia and amino acids. It may also be referred to as degradable intake protein (DIP).

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