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stocking rate

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006077

The actual number of animals, expressed in either animal units or animal unit months, on a specific area at a specific time.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006077
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymscage density; rearing density; stocking density
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoanimal housing; species recruitment; spawning
TranslationsSpanish: densidad de pastoreo
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006077",
  "term": "stocking rate",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The actual number of animals, expressed in either animal units or animal unit months, on a specific area at a specific time.",
  "synonyms": [
    "cage density",
    "rearing density",
    "stocking density"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "animal housing",
    "species recruitment",
    "spawning"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "densidad de pastoreo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/stocking-rate/"
}

Record 6,077 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.