ch 2 Flashcards
nutrients when taken into the digestive system are
digested, absorbed and utilized
nutrients’ 4 general functions
to provide energy for various processes in the body
to serve as structural component
to supply raw materials for synthesis of body substances
to regulate body temperature
feed nutrients are determined using analytical methods, the most common is
proximate analysis
____ is obtained by difference
nitrogen free extract (NFE)
a liquid concentrate feed that contains 25% water
molasses
an aquatic plant that has 90% moisture
water hyacinth
the animal body itself has how many percent of water
70%
it is not a carbohydrate but has close association with the cell wall
lignin
aka animal starch, carbohydrate is less than one percent of the dry weight
glycogen
classifications of carbohydrates
monosaccharide
disaccharide
polysaccharide
oligosaccharide
mixed polysaccharide
compound or conjoined polysaccharide
volatile fatty acids -
formic, acetic, propionic and butyric
2 tests in determining fat quality
iodine number
saponification value
fats are stored in the body like (3)
adipose, subcutaneous and mesentery
essential amino acids are
arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine
non essential amino acids are
alanine, aspartic acid, cysteine, cystine, glutamic acid, proline, hydroxyproline, serine, thyroxine, tyrosine, hydroxylysine, asparagine, and glutamine
vitamins are used to be known as
unidentified growth factors (UGF)
all B vitamins contain nitrogen except
inositol
thiamine and biotin contain
sulfur