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13:16 Sep 18, 2020 |
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| Selected response from: Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X) Germany Local time: 11:39 | ||||||
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3 | feed units (for intensive cattle feeding systems) |
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feed units (for intensive cattle feeding systems) Explanation: explanations: FU (feed units, one FU being equivalent to the average energy produced by 1 kg of barley) a unit for measuring and comparing the nutritive value of feeds. The Soviet feed unit was developed in 1922-23 by the Commission of the Veterinary Scientific Council of the People’s Commissariat for Agriculture of the RSFSR under the direction of E. A. Bogdanov. The unit was established as the nutritive value of 1 kg of average quality dry oats. The nutritive value of one feed unit, as determined by fat deposition in cattle, is 150 g of fat or 1, 414 kilocalories (5.95 megajoules). https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Feed Unit -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 Stunde (2020-09-18 14:53:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You might also just write 'energy content'; but I'm not sure that this is actually what you're looking for see also https://premiernutrition.co.uk/news-insight/energy-content-f... |
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