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Concept information
Preferred term
feed conversion
Type
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Topic
Definition
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Units of feed consumed per unit of weight increase or unit of production, e.g. milk, meat, eggs.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Synonyms
- feed conversion efficiency
- feed efficiency
- feed utilisation
- feed utilisation efficiency
- feed utilization
- feed utilization efficiency
Scope note
- Use for the concept of how efficiently an animal converts feed into body tissues; for animals used to study human physiology, humans, and animals not fed by humans USE food conversion.
In other languages
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Spanish
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eficiencia de conversión de piensos
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eficiencia de piensos
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eficiencia de utilización de piensos
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piensos, conversión
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utilización de piensos
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9325
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