Animal feed
is food
given to domestic animals, especially livestock, in the course of
animal husbandry. There are two basic types:
fodder and forage. Used alone, the word feed more often refers to
fodder.feed, also called animal
feed, food grown or
developed for livestock and poultry. Modern feeds are produced
by carefully selecting and blending ingredients to provide highly
nutritional diets that both maintain the health of the animals and
increase the quality of such end products as meat, milk, or
eggs.
An animal food (feed)
ingredient is a component part, constituent, or any
combination/mixture added to and comprising the animal food. Animal
food ingredients might include grains,
milling by-products, added vitamins, minerals, fats/oils, and other
nutritional and energy sources.
We can conveniently
classify feeds into three main types: (1)
roughages, (2) concentrates, and (3) mixed feeds. Roughages
include pasture forages, hays, silages, and byproduct feeds that
contain a high percentage of fiber.the act of a person or thing that
feeds. an
instance of eating or of taking or being given
nourishment.
