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Animal Nutrition Flashcards

1
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Adequate feeding of animals for the production of desired products

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Animal Nutrition

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2
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An edible material that provides nutrition

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Food

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refers to food but more commonly is used to designate animal food

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Feed

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4
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any material made into or used as food or feed, respectively

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Foodstuff/feedstuff

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5
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Mixture of feedstuffs used to supply nutrients to an animal

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Diet

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6
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Daily allocation of food (or feed)

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Rations

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7
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How do we accomplish animal nutrition?

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Know what parts of food are used by the animal

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How do we determine what nutrients are needed?

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Know what they need to live and what they need most to produce the desired product.

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9
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Pros of growth trials

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Inexpensive, mimics real life, measurements are easy to take

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10
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Cons of growth trials

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Need 12-15 animals, get accurate weight

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11
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Determine the proportion of the nutrients in a feed or diet that are absorbed by the GI tract

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Digestion trials

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12
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Burn it and see what is left. Measures the mineral content

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Ash

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13
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Variable but low value to use in monogastrics. Variable value in ruminates but is more utilized

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Crude fiber

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14
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Very common. Sample is weighed, cooked until no water is left, and reweighed. Quick and easy. Downside is some volatile fatty acids may evaporate along with some oils.

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Dry matter method

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15
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Uses nitrogen to determine the protein content.

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Crude protein method

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16
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What is the average amount of nitrogen in protein?

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16%

17
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How do we know what we are feeding?

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Feed analysis

18
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Common pitfall of sampling

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Just because the analysis says that it is there does not mean the animal can utilize it

19
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Determine the proportion of the nutrients in a feed or diet that are absorbed by the GI tract

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Digestion trials

20
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What are some things that the digestion trials need?

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Nitrogen in the form of essential amino acids, essential minerals, sources of energy

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