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roughage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fiber |
| Type of | food product, foodstuff |
| Has types | bran |
Examples of roughage
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Also, there can be a substantial amount of shrink depending on the roughage used.
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I stress as PART of the ration of normal roughage and protein supplement and grain.
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The rest is a mixture of roughage and distillers grain, an ethanol byproduct.
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There they take the place of roughage, reducing the animal's need for hay.
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The seeds in the cake part cooked soft to be more interesting roughage than annoying pest.
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This is typically a result of a lack of appropriate roughage in the diet.
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Millet, barley, honeycombs and melons tumble from holy writ as exaltations of roughage.
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Also known as bulking agents or roughage, these include dietary fibre.
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Prevention is centered on having constant access to high-quality roughage like timothy hay.
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- Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- Dietary fiber (sometimes called roughage) is the indigestible portion of plant foods having two main components: * soluble (prebiotic, viscous) fiber that is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts, and * insoluble fiber that is metabolically inert, ...
- Dietary fibre
- Coarse, bulky feed high in fiber such as hay, straw and silage.
- High fiber plant materials that contain a low proportion of nutrients and are usually bulky and coarse, such as hay, silage and forages.
- Term used for high-fiber plants such as fruits, legumes, vegetables and whole grains.
- Feed high in fibre (greater than 18% crude fibre); tends to be bulky, coarse and low in energy. See Forage.
- Indigestible fiber of fruits, vegetables, and cereals, that acts as a stimulant to aid movement of food through the digestive tract
- The diet of cows can be classified as consisting of roughages and concentrates. Roughages are the fibrous portion of a cow's diet. It is the grass that they graze and the silage and hay that they are fed.
