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GRIT [7 records]

Record 1 2022-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Birds
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Supplemental calcium in the form of limestone grit or shell should always be available in separate hoppers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Oiseaux
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

[...] les très bonnes pondeuses doivent recevoir du calcium supplémentaire dans des mangeoires séparées : coquilles d'huîtres, coquilles de palourdes, gravier de calcaire ou autres formes de calcium supplémentaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Birds
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Insoluble grit—sand, flint grit, tiny pebbles—is necessary for the grinding of the food in the gizzard ([as] poultry [possess] no teeth). Flint grit ... is best broadcast with ... grain every two or three months ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Oiseaux
  • Élevage des volailles

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Birds
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Birds with thick gizzards frequently pick up grit—little stones, sand, and small shells. These items collect in the gizzard. When food and digestive juices enter the gizzard, the thick muscles and grit help pulverize the food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Oiseaux
  • Élevage des volailles
DEF

[Ensemble de morceaux] de roche, de coquille d'huître ou de sable utilisé par les volailles pour les aider à broyer la nourriture ingérée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Birds
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Grit is available in two forms: soluble and insoluble. Soluble grit, such a cuttlebone and crushed oyster shells, dissolves as it passes through the digestive tract and serves as a source of calcium in the avian diet ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Oiseaux
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

[...] le grit soluble est ajouté au régime alimentaire de tous les types de volailles sous la forme de calcaire ou de coquille d'huîtres. Les autres [coquilles] de mer peuvent également être utilisées dans le grit.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Birds
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Grit is available in two forms: soluble and insoluble. Soluble grit, such a cuttlebone and crushed oyster shells, dissolves as it passes through the digestive tract and serves as a source of calcium in the avian diet ... Insoluble grit, generally found as sand or small pebbles, remains in the gizzard after ingestion and helps with the mechanical breakdown of food ... Some species of birds, particularly herbivorous or granivorous species such as galliformes, require insoluble grit in their diet for efficient digestion ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Oiseaux
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

Deux types de graviers sont offerts aux oiseaux : soluble et insoluble. Le gravier insoluble est composé de petits cailloux et contient habituellement du silicate et du grès. Il chemine jusqu'au gésier de l'oiseau où il aide à broyer les graines à coque ou les aliments qui ont atteint le tractus digestif en gros morceaux. Le gravier soluble est organique, se compose principalement de gypse et de calcaire (carbonate de calcium) et contient des os de seiche et des coquilles d'huîtres.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
DEF

A coarsely ground hulled grain [that is finer than groat].

CONT

Buckwheat is milled into light or dark flour or processed into groats, the meat of the seed, and grits which are essentially cracked groats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Le sarrasin donne une farine dont la couleur varie de pâle à foncée. Il peut être transformé en gruau, la «chair» de la graine, et en grit, qui consiste essentiellement en des fragments de gruau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 7 1981-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
OBS

A plan suggesting that intergroup tensions can be reduced if one side initiates a few "low-risk", friendly actions. The other side will reciprocate, and then the first side can make additional overtures for peace, starting an upward spiral of improved relations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale

Spanish

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