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nutrient requirement |
Is generally agreed to be the average amount required for a particular function |
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nutrient allowance |
is greater than this by a safetymargin designed primarily to allow for variations in the requirement between individual animals. |
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Feeding standard |
May be expressed either as quantities of nutrients or in dietary proportions. |
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Energy requirement of ruminants |
May be stated in terms of net energy (NE), metabolisable energy (ME), digestible energy (DE) or feed units |
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Protein requirement of ruminants |
in terms of crude protein (CP),digestible crude protein (DCP) or metabolisable protein (MP). |
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Safety Margin |
Is often added to the requirement when calculating theallowance to be fed. It also is designed to ensure that no animals, or only those with an exceptionally high requirement, will be underfed. |
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Technical Committee on Responses to Nutrients |
Became responsible for both revising standards and producing technical manuals. |
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Commercial Feed Companies |
Often modify published standardsin order to meet the specific needs of their customers. |
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Fasting |
May limit activity,but even the small activity represented by standing as opposed to lying is sufficient to increase heat production. |
