The project was supported by a USDA NIFA grant, and the study's authors include researchers from the National Program for Genetic Improvement
of Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle, as well as associated graduate students and staff.
«We need a complete understanding
of feed efficiency, though, because aquatic species differ from livestock in important ways that are not considered in feed conversion ratios.»
The most widely used measure
of feed efficiency is the weight - based feed conversion ratio, calculated as the ratio of feed intake (by weight) to weight gain.
Not exact matches
He emphasized that the
Fed's goal should be «to establish a regulatory framework that helps ensure the resiliency
of our financial system, the availability
of credit, economic growth, and financial market
efficiency.»
We are told that «lonely infants
fed and cared for regularly and with sterile impersonal
efficiency do not live into childhood».1 Growth to maturity consists in discovering what and whom we love and how we respond to the love
of others.
The energy
efficiency (food energy output / kg / energy input / kg) is five times higher than soy, twice that
of corn and more than 100 times higher than grain -
fed beef, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations.
Given the remaining land capacity on earth and the maximum
efficiency of existing farms and the environmental impacts
of farming, we can not rely on increased farming to
feed the growing population.
The reality is that multinationals are mining the land for a short - term gain, people are confining pigs and poultry in the ammonia
of their own excrement in the name
of efficiency, and others are exploiting vulnerable migrant workers to ensure there's enough chicken on the Coles rotisserie to
feed the insatiable hunger
of our convenience culture.
With growing concern about the ability
of the planet to
feed itself, she outlined how improved production & storage
efficiency and urban agriculture can raise food production levels.
Maximiser ® is a blend
of enzymes, direct -
fed microbials and nutrients designed to enhance digestibility,
feed efficiency and nutrient metabolism at the rumen and cellular level.
This may be because the structure
of the dwelling is not suited to basic energy
efficiency improvements (e.g. solid walls) or because financially disadvantaged households lack the capital to invest in measures which bring financial benefit (e.g.
Feed - in Tariffs).
Boosting the fuel
efficiency of motor vehicles by «harvesting» the energy generated by their shock absorbers and
feeding it back into batteries or electrical systems such as air conditioning has become a major goal in automotive engineering.
Now, testing the fifth and sixth generation
of the birds, Jensen and his colleagues have looked more deeply into these traits, focusing on metabolism,
feeding efficiency, and body chemicals involved in boldness.
The study contributes new insights into what is known as
feed conversion
efficiency — that is, the
efficiency of the process by which
feed is turned into meat — across species, and uses a new analysis to assess this
efficiency.
We need to get a handle on that to really capture
feed efficiency for the entire beef production system,» says Dan Shike, associate professor
of beef cattle nutrition in the Department
of Animal Sciences at U
of I.
However,
feed intake evaluations are typically done in the feedlot, potentially misrepresenting the
efficiency of the animal over her lifespan.
«Farmed seafood and livestock stack up differently using alternate
feed efficiency measure: Study finds retention
of protein and calories in
feed similar for major aquaculture and livestock species.»
Shike and a large team
of collaborators from 11 institutions set out to determine if there was a relationship between
feed efficiency in forage -
fed cattle and in grain -
fed cattle.
To produce these
efficiency estimates, the research team collected data on variables including
feed composition,
feed conversion ratios, edible portions and nutritional content
of major farmed terrestrial and aquatic animal species.
«Our study shows that Schizochytrium is a high quality candidate for complete substitution
of fish oil in juvenile Nile tilapia
feeds, providing an innovative means to formulate and optimize the composition
of feed while simultaneously raising
feed efficiency of tilapia aquaculture,» says Sarker, a research assistant professor in Dartmouth's Environmental Studies Program.
«China has much potential to improve its domestic milk and
feed production
efficiencies,» says Lin Ma, the paper's corresponding author and a professor at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute
of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy
of Sciences.
The introduction
of rapeseed - based animal
feed into the diet
of ruminants improves
efficiency in the use
of digestible organic matter by between 4.4 % and 10.1 % and cuts the fermentation
of the diet by between 6.2 % and 11.8 %, without adversely affecting its digestibility for this reason.
Professor Martin A. J. Parry
of the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) said: «Improving the
efficiency of photosynthesis — the way crops turn carbon dioxide in our atmosphere into everything we can eat — may seem ambitious but for us it offers the best opportunity for producing the scale
of change in crop yield that we need to
feed a growing global population in a changing world climate.»
Using high - performance computing and genetic engineering to boost the photosynthetic
efficiency of plants offers the best hope
of increasing crop yields enough to
feed a planet expected to have 9.5 billion people on it by 2050, researchers report in the journal Cell.
«The average
efficiency of livestock converting plant
feed to meat is less than 3 %, and as we eat more meat, more arable cultivation is turned over to producing feedstock for animals that provide meat for humans.
Ingestion
of 3NOP also helped the cows gain weight, increasing the
efficiency of their
feed.
Assessment
of microbiome changes after rumen transfaunation: implications on improving
feed efficiency in beef cattle — Mi Zhou — BMC Microbiology
Experimental study
of the
efficiency of dietressa preparation on body weight reduction in mice
feeding high - fat ration.
CO2 production and average daily gain (ADG) were quantified to provide an estimation
of feed conversion
efficiency.
Participants in the study who were
fed salmon thrice a week showed signs
of better sleep
efficiency.
On the right, parenthetical percentages are the food - out /
feed - in caloric conversion
efficiencies of individual livestock categories.
Overall, 1187 Pcal
of feed are converted into 83 Pcal edible animal products, reflecting a weighted mean conversion
efficiency of approximately 7 %.
Historically, the quality
of proteins has been determined by Protein
Efficiency Ratio (PER), which measures the weight gain
of experimental growing rats when being
fed the test protein.
It is added to chicken
feed to promote growth, improve
efficiency in
feeding the birds, and boost pigmentation, which gives them the appearance
of being more healthy and fresher.
One
of the lectures was from a professor
of agriculture, livestock agriculture, a veterinarian at UC Davis on this
feed efficiency.
By regularly free running and attacking zombies, experience is
fed into a Strength and Agility meter that, when filled, increases the
efficiency of movement and unlock special abilities that add offensive and defensive capabilities to your repertoire, such as a running slide and a charged up power attack.
Despite the recent reduction
of the
Feed - In Tariff — the mechanism to encourage take up
of solar as well as giving the solar industry a financial leg up, it is still a viable option for schools and should be seriously considered as part
of a schools» overall energy
efficiency and CO2 reduction aims.
The purpose
of this paper is to compare the
efficiency of the Spanish public and publicly - subsidised private high schools using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
fed by the results provided by a
The aerodynamic work is similarly extensive, with an 80 - percent larger front splitter complete with F1 - style end plates, new side skirts that settle turbulent air created by the front wheels, larger side air intakes to
feed the intercoolers (tilted outward to enhance
efficiency) and,
of course, the larger airbrake.
In an effort to maximize
efficiency and range, the Soul EV uses Kia's third - generation regenerative braking system to capture up to 12 percent
of the car's kinetic energy, which is
fed back into the battery while the Soul EV is coasting and braking.
Power can be drawn from both axes
of the BMW Concept Active Tourer and
fed into the lithium - ion battery so as to enhance the
efficiency of the plug - in hybrid.
Force -
feeding an engine may have its advantages in terms
of fuel
efficiency, but this is not a thing to take for granted nowadays.
The enhanced
efficiency of that diesel -
fed powerplant — paired with a standard eight - speed automatic transmission — enables EPA ratings
of 22 mpg city / 30 mpg highway / 25 mpg combined.
Those
feed a battery bank comprised
of four six - watt L - 16 batteries — the same kind used in golf carts — which in turn are
fed through a five - kilowatt inverter, turning the DC power
of the batteries into the alternating current necessary to run power tools and a variety
of appliances specially selected for their energy
efficiency.
Until then, the misguided plans
of the
Fed will continue to do little, as businesses look at the low marginal
efficiency of capital, and shrink their operations.
Growth promotion or increased
feed efficiency in a herd or flock
of animals to promote weight gain had been allowed but is being phased out under an agreement announced with drug manufacturers June 30.
A high quality food costs more «per bag» but is very cost effective in terms
of better health and food
efficiency (you
feed less).
What We Like about It — The energy
efficiency of the C3000 makes it an ideal solution for today's kitty
feeding needs.
In fact, parasites also can suppress appetites, limiting intake and absorption
of nutrients — ultimately reducing
feed efficiency and gain.1 What's more, cold winter temperatures often aren't enough to clear pastures
of parasites — many parasites, like Ostertagia, simply overwinter in cattle or in pastures.
In its chronic form, M. hyopneumoniae is a common bacterial pathogen that infects up to 80 percent
of swine around the world.1, 2 It reduces average daily gain and decreases
feed efficiency.