feed conversion

collocation in English

meaningsoffeedandconversion

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feed
noun
uk
/fiːd/us
/fiːd/
UK
an occasion when a baby has something to eat ...
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conversion
noun
uk
/kənˈvɜː.ʃən/us
/kənˈvɝː.ʒən/
the process of converting something from one thing ...
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(Definition offeedandconversionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Synthetic oestrogens are administered to fattening stock to increase the rate of liveweight gain and efficiency offeedconversion.
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Four are used to promote growth and improvefeedconversionrates and one is a coccidiostat; without them production costs on the farm would rise.
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Infected animals show lower weight gain, anaemia, reduced fertility, reduced milk production, loweredfeedconversionefficiency, and a diminished work capacity.
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Four are used to promote growth and improvefeedconversionrates and one is a coccidiostat; without them production costs on the farm would rise.
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Synthetic oestrogens are administered to fattening stock to increase the rate of liveweight gain and efficiency offeedconversion.
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Growth andfeedconversionalso drop 4 to 8 %.
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The implant slowly releases a hormone which improves thefeedconversionof the treated animal.
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Feedconversionto weight is carefully analysed.
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This finding corroborates existing literature on the higherfeedconversionefficiency of insects as compared to mammalian livestock.
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The fish are known to be the slow grower and have lowfeedconversionratio.
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Clinical signs of avian ochratoxicosis generally involve reduction in weight gains, poorfeedconversion, reduced egg production, and poor egg shell quality.
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This fish grows rapidly and has a highfeedconversionrate.
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Thefeedconversionratio is much lower than in the carnivorous fish they had seen.
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This succulent fish grows rapidly and has a highfeedconversionrate.
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Normally, a greyish diarrhoea is seen in individual piglets, and poor growth rates andfeedconversionratios are observed on a herd level.
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Here they are tested more accurately and evaluated forfeedconversionefficiency, growth and muscle development.
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How much nutrient pollution and damage to the seafloor occurs depends on thefeedconversionefficiency of the species, the flushing rate and the size of the operation.
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For a farm to be profitable, afeedconversionrate below 2.5 is necessary; in older farms or under suboptimal pond conditions, the ratio may easily rise to 4:1.
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However, higher concentrations of copper (100 ppm, 200 ppm, or 500 ppm) in the diet of rabbits may favorably influencefeedconversionefficiency, growth rates, and carcass dressing percentages.
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