Sentence examples for inefficient feeding from inspiring English sources

Below this threshold, Asian river catfish may become increasingly skittish and vigilant, which leads to increasing general activity and inefficient feeding behavior.

In general, optimal predator-prey volume ratio for interception-feeding nanoflagellates is around 1∶10 [14] and a ratio beyond 1∶500 results in inefficient feeding [13], [15].

In addition, it was noted that the low feed efficiency value for the fish at low stocking densities does provide an indication of the overall inefficient feeding behavior of mulloway.

Carp had significantly lower yield than the other two fish groups (p < 0.05) due to high mortality and inefficient feed utilization.

Avian necrotic enteritis (NE) is caused by specific strains of Clostridium perfringens and costs the worldwide poultry industry an estimated $2 billion annually, largely due to costs of antimicrobial prophylaxis and inefficient feed conversion [1], [2].

Hot-dry climatic environment is associated with heat stress, waning immunity and inefficient feed usage and increase probability of death with reduced egg production; usage of environmentally controlled building in conditions where environmental temperature may rise significantly above 25°C will reduce this impact.

They have argued that the public should accept biotechnology because farming without it -- especially organic farming -- is too inefficient to feed the world.

The problem is that a third of harvested food crops are thrown away uneaten, and a further third is fed to livestock, an inefficient method of feeding the world.

This inefficient method of feeding could account for the coral's diminutive size – which in turn probably explains how it can colonize ceiling spaces where other, larger cave creatures cannot fit.

Virtually no transmission occurs during the first day of nymphal feeding, inefficient transmission takes place during the second day of tick feeding, and transmission is extremely efficient during the third day of nymphal feeding (28, 29 ).

Photovoltaic, systems, currently the most common sort of system deployed both worldwide and as part of China's modest existing installed solar capacity, convert sunlight directly to electricity, which can either be stored in relatively inefficient batteries or fed immediately into the grid.