Sentence examples for minimal feed from inspiring English sources

Two centuries later, our food is bred largely for the convenience of producers: vegetables that ship well and tolerate cold storage, grains that resist insects and can be mechanically harvested, animals that fatten quickly on minimal feed.

Pigs are mostly kept on free range and considered low-input livestock which grow to market size on minimal feed inputs [ 21].

Should a period of trophic (minimal) feeding be provided?

In addition, as previously observed, cadmium concentrations above 200 µM do not fully inhibit feeding, but instead resulted in minimal feeding levels [25].

We determined the minimal feeding period required by A. aureolatum nymphs and adults to transmit R. rickettsii to guinea pigs.

For determination of the minimal feeding period required by an A. aureolatum unfed nymph to transmit R. rickettsii to a vertebrate host, we used 32 guinea pigs (nos. 1 32).

Herein, we determined the minimal feeding period required by nymphs and adult male A. aureolatum ticks to transmit R. rickettsii to guinea pigs, since no such data have been reported for A. aureolatum.

Guinea pig died during the febrile period, before the 21st d after tick infestation; its lung was PCR-positive for Rickettsia spp. To determine the minimal feeding period of A. aureolatum unfed adult ticks required to enable transmission of R. rickettsii to a vertebrate host, we used 24 guinea pigs (nos. 33 56).

44 45 Trophic feeding, also referred to as minimal enteral feeding and priming feeding, is generally defined as an enteral intake of breast milk and/or formula, with a small volume of up to 24 mL/kg/day.

Use of formula feeds was minimal and feeding with bottle and nipple almost non-existent in Nepal [ 33].

According to our protocol enteral nutrition will start after the 72nd hour of life as minimal enteral feeding (MEF), intake less than 20 mL/Kg/day of enteral feeding will be administered.