Animal Nutrition Lecture Exam PART 2

Question 1

Natural feed ingredients contain significant amount of vitamins or their precursors

Answer 1

Provitamins

Question 2

Some animals (ruminants) can synthesize vitamins ___, ___

Answer 2

B&K

Question 3

• retinol

- promotes visual pigments

Answer 3

Vit A

Question 4

• Also called Ergocalciferol (in plants)
• Cholecalciferol (animals)
• regulates incorporation of Ca and P in bones

Answer 4

Vit D

Question 5

• tocopherol

- stimulator of immune response along Selenium

Answer 5

Vit E

Question 6

• Phylloquinone- plant source
• menadione- synthetic form
• in blood clotting process
• needed in activation of prothrombin

Answer 6

Vitamin K

Question 7

• can be synthesize from glucose in livestock & poultry
• stress can increase the requirement
• essential for humans and fishes

Answer 7

Vit C

Question 8

-natural constituents of most natural feed ingredients

Answer 8

Minerals

Question 9

What are the Macrominerals?

Answer 9

(Mg) 
(P)
Ca
(Cl) 
Na
 (K) 
(S)

Question 10

Skeletal formation & maintenance

Answer 10

Ca
P
Mg
Cu
Mn

Question 11

Function in protein synthesis

Answer 11

P
S
Zn

Question 12

For oxygen transport

Answer 12

Fe

Cu

Question 13

Fluid balance

Answer 13

Na
Cl
K

Question 14

Mineral-vitamin relationships

Answer 14

Se & Vit E

Iron & Vit C

Question 15

• present in brassica family

- interferes with iodine uptake

Answer 15

Goitrogens

Question 16

essential minerals for the formation of hemoglobin

Answer 16

Iron & copper

Question 17

Products of Beta-oxidation

Answer 17

• 1 FADH2
• 1 NADH
• 1 acetyl CoA

Question 18

-synthesis of glucose from non-carbohydrate sources such as amino acids

Answer 18

Glucogenesis

Question 19

-refers to minimum energy expenditure to maintain essential life processes

Answer 19

Basal metabolism/fasting catabolism