A chattel, also known as a fixture, is a movable, personal property, such as cattle. It is distinct from the real property interest. (FAO. 2003. Multilingual Thesaurus on Land Tenure. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/x2038e)
Chytridiomycosis is an infectious disease that affects amphibians worldwide. It is caused by the chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), a fungus capable of causing sporadic deaths in some amphibian populations and 100 per cent mortality in others. (WOAH, 2023. WOAH Aquatic Manual 2023. Infection with Bonamia exitiosa https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/aahm/current/2.4.02_B_EXIT.pdf)
A tiltmeter is a sensitive inclinometer designed to measure very small changes from the vertical level, either on the ground or in structures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiltmeter)
Deep-sea mining is the process of retrieving mineral deposits from the deep seabed – the ocean below 200m. (IUCN. 2024. Deep-sea mining https://iucn.org/resources/issues-brief/deep-sea-mining)
The assortment of species, their numbers, proportions and hierarchy within a particular community. (FAO, 2024. Global Action on Pollination Services for Sustainable Agriculture. Pollination glossary. https://www.fao.org/pollination/resources/glossary/en)
Loose smut of oats is caused by the related pathogen Ustilago avenae and occurs virtually everywhere oats are grown. Infected seed kernels are converted into black spores that are visible on the seed heads, giving the disease the common name of loose smut. The pathogen is transmitted through infected seeds. Loose smut can be one of the most destructive diseases of oats. (Adapted from University of Maine Cooperative Extension 2014, reviewed 2020. Bulletin #1016, Loose Smut of Barley and Oats https://extension.umaine.edu/publications/1016e/)
Test weight, or bushel weight, is a measure of a grain’s density, which is expressed as the weight of the grain packed in a specified volume. A grain’s test weight is commonly expressed in kilograms per hectolitre (kg/hL) or pounds per bushel (lb/bu). (https://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/en/grain-quality/grain-grading/grading-factors/test-weight-grain.html)
Fattening feeds refer to specific types of feed or feed ingredients that are formulated or chosen with the purpose of promoting weight gain and fat deposition in animals, fish or poultry. (AGROVOC Team, 2024)
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Fattening feeds are individual components of the overall fattening ration, while the fattening ration encompasses the entire diet plan tailored to the nutritional needs of animals during the fattening or finishing phase.
The practice of removing positional distortions (due to camera tilt, topographical relief, etc.) from an aerial photograph to produce an accurate image of the Earth's surface and equalize the distances represented on the image. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/68448)
The digital elevation model (DEM) is a raster-based digital dataset of the topography (hypsometry and/or bathymetry) of all or part of the Earth (or a telluric planet). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography)
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This digital map is usually based on grids. Each grid cell has one value for the altitude.
Genetic engineering techniques that involve DNA repair mechanisms for incorporating site-specific modifications into a cell's genome. (NAL Thesaurus https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/298032)
