prefeeding

adj

prefeeding

adj

Etymology By surface analysis, pre- + feed + -ing.

1

Of infants or animals Before feeding.

  • Near-synonyms: premeal, preprandial, precibal
  • prefeeding blood glucose levels
1 more example
  • We investigated a new approach to ground based control that combined aerial distribution of non-toxic ‘prefeed’ baits followed by sparse distribution of toxic baits at regular intervals along the GPS tracked prefeeding flight paths.2015 July 29, “Aerial Prefeeding Followed by Ground Based Toxic Baiting for More Efficient and Acceptable Poisoning of Invasive Small Mammalian Pests”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Related terms
refeeding

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