Multiple choice

The definition of FCR is:

  1. An animals efficiency at turning only silage mass into LWG

  2. An animals efficiency at turning water mass into LWG

  3. An animals efficiency at turning food mass into LWG

  4. An animals efficiency at turning food mass into fat
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Explanation

Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) is a measure of an animal's efficiency in converting feed mass into live weight gain (LWG). A lower FCR is desirable because it means the animal requires less feed to produce a kilogram of weight gain.

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