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feeding behaviour — Any action of an animal directed toward obtaining nutrients. Each species evolves methods of searching for, obtaining, and ingesting food for which it can successfully compete. Some species eat only one type of food, others a variety. Among… … Universalium
feeding tube — a stomach tube used to introduce fluids of high caloric value … Medical dictionary
Paradox of value — Water diamonds. The paradox of value (also known as the diamond–water paradox) is the apparent contradiction that, although water is on the whole more useful, in terms of survival, than diamonds, diamonds command a higher price in the market. The … Wikipedia
Raw feeding — is the practice of feeding domestic dogs and cats a diet primarily of uncooked meat, edible bones, and organs.Supporters of raw feeding believe that the natural diet an animal in the wild has evolved to consume is what it is most adapted to. [… … Wikipedia
Cattle feeding — Different cattle feeding production systems have separate advantages and disadvantages. Most cows have a diet that is composed of at least some forage (grass, legumes, or silage). In fact most beef cattle are raised on pasture from birth in the… … Wikipedia
Marginal value theorem — The optimal time spent in a patch is given by the tangent to the resource intake curve that departs from the expected transit time value. Any other line crossing the resource intake curve has a shallower slope and thus a sub optimal resource… … Wikipedia
Waxy corn — (maize) was found in China in 1909. As this plant showed many peculiar traits, the American breeders long used it as a genetic marker to tag the existence of hidden genes in other maize breeding programs. In 1922 a researcher found that the… … Wikipedia
Genetically modified food controversies — The genetically modified food controversy is a dispute over the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified (GM) food crops. No documented health hazards have come to light since GM food was introduced in the U.S. (1994). Supporters of… … Wikipedia
Transgener Mais — Als Transgener Mais (Genmais, Gv Mais) werden gentechnisch veränderter Organismen des Mais bezeichnet. In transgenen Maissorten werden bestimmte Gene aus anderen Organismen in das Mais Genom eingeschleust, um insbesondere die Bekämpfung von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Alfalfa — This article is about plant and flower. For the actor and character of the series Our Gang, see Carl Alfalfa Switzer. For the community in Central Oregon, see Alfalfa, Oregon. Alfalfa Medicago sativa … Wikipedia