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Animal Science 🐮🐰🐶🐱🐥🐴🐗🐄 > Chapter 3 > Flashcards

Chapter 3 Flashcards

1
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Nutrition

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The process in which animals eat and use food

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2
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Proper nutriton increases

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Efficency and rate of gain

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3
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If needs are not met

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Animals will not grow
Animals can get sick
Animal may die

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4
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Nutrient

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A substance that is necessary for an organism to live and grow

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5
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Ration

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Total amount of feed that an animal has in a 24 hour period

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6
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Balanced ration

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A ration that contains all the nurtients that an animal needs in proper rations

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7
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6 nutrients

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Water, carbohydrates, lipids, protiens, minerals, vitamins

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8
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What is the most abundant compund in the world

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Water

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9
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Animals must take in frequent intakes of what to live

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Water

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10
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What percent of the body weight is water

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75

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11
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Bloodstream needs what for circulation

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Liquids

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12
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What system needs mostiure to break down nutrients and move food

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Digestive

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13
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Water is needed to produce?

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Milk

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14
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What does water do for a cell

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Provides it with a shape

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15
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What helps maintain the body temp.

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Water

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16
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Water flushes the body of

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Waste and toxic material

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17
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How much water lose can kill you

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20%

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18
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How many pounds of water do they need to consume soild food

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3

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19
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What are carbohydrates main source

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Energy

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20
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What are the compunds for carbohydrates

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

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21
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Carbs include

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Sugars starches cellulose

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22
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Where do carbs come from

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Plants

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23
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Carbs are generally found in

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Grains, wheat, oats, barely

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24
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Types of sugars

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Monosaccarides, disaccharides

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25
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What are monosaccharides

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Simple sugars, gluclose, fructose, galacostose

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What are dissaccarides

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Surcasoe lactose

27
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Fats are a group of organic compunds called

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Lipids

28
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Fats are found in

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Plants and animals

29
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Fats provide and store what

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Energy

30
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What are fatty acids necassary for

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Production of hormones

31
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What is the most important sources of fats

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Grains that contai oils

32
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What is the largest and most costly nutirent in the rations

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Protiens

33
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Protiens are composed of

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Amino acids

34
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Amino acids do what

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Muscle production and tissue development

35
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Enzymes are composed of

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Protiens

36
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Protein can be used to supply what

A

Energy

37
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What animals need more protiens

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Young, and lacating

38
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How many different types of amino acids

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23

39
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How many essential

A

10

40
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How many nonessentail

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13

41
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What is crude protien content

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Total amount in food

42
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What is digestable protien

A

Protiens that can be digested

43
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About how much cruse protien

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50-80%

44
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Protien sources

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Animal, slaughterhouse by products, dried fish meat, plant

45
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Superior to animal sources

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Cottonseed meal,

46
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Why is nurtition important?

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1) need to live and grow properly
2) requirerments vary with species
3) poor nutrients can result in slow growth, lower production, poor health
4) want fast growth at the lowest cost
5) want animals to stay healthy and produce profit effeciently

47
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Is a mineral inorganic or organic

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Inorganic

48
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Aid in the construction of

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Muscles, organs, blood cells, enzymes

49
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How are minerals feed

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Chemical form, mineral box, salt block

50
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Vitamins are considered

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Micronutrients

51
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Essential for the body process of

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Health, growth, production, reproducing

52
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Vitamin A

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Fat soluble

Converted from carotene

53
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Vitamin D

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Fat soluble

54
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Vitmin E

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Fat soluble

55
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Vitamin K

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Fat soluble

56
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Digestive tract is also know as

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Alimentary canal

57
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Monogastric process

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Mouth 
Esophagus 
Stomach
Small intestine 
Duodenum 
Jejunum
Ileum 
Large intestine: cecum, colon rectum
58
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Order of ruminate

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Rumen reticulum omasum abomasum

59
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Rumen

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Papilla

60
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Reticulum

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Many layers

61
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Omasum

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Honeycomb

62
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Abomasum

A

Liquid

Animal Science 🐮🐰🐶🐱🐥🐴🐗🐄 (10 decks)

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