Animal feed

Animal feed

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

Industry: Agriculture

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rumen undegradable protein (RUP)

ruminant

Agriculture; Animal feed

Animal that chews the cud (partly digested food) regurgitated from its rumen, and has a stomach of four compartments. Cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and elk are ruminants.

rung

Agriculture; Animal feed

An element of the PLC ladder logic program. Each rung looks at input signals and turns output signals on or off. The program runs by scanning the ladder logic, testing the input points and the ...

rye

Agriculture; Animal feed

A grain crop used for bread flour and for animal feed.

scanner

Agriculture; Animal feed

Generally an optical or laser/camera measuring device. Scanners are composed of a transmitter head and a receiver head, which permit electronics system to obtain the shape and the dimensions an ...

The sifter (also referred to as sieves, screens and screeners) is a separator, usually oscillating, with a number of screens. It is used to separate crumbles or granules by particle size depending on ...