Comparative Animal Nutrition Flashcards
do plants or animals store more energy as carbohydrates
plants
hardware disease
dense/foreign object settling in the reticulum
3 main VFAs
acetate
propionate
butyrate
does cattle spend more time eating or ruminating
ruminating
what percent of ruminant energy requirement is supplied by VFAs produced by anaerobic microbes
65-75%
what makes up 2/3 of the equine digestive tract
hindgut
factors that affect water intake
physiological function
physical activity
diet composition
feed intake
water quality
temp
if water availability/quality decreases what is the subsequent change to feed intake and productivity
both decrease
sources of water
drinking water
water in feed
metabolic water
free choice water intake equation
-91.1 + (2.93 x DMI) + (0.61 x DM%) + (0.062 x NaK) + (2.49 x CP%) + (0.76 x TMP)
average amount of CHO on a DM basis in animal feeds
60-85%
types of glycosidic bonds
a glycosidic: can be broken by mammalian enzymes
B glycosidic: can only be broken by microbial enzymes
T/F maltose and cellobiose have the same build and only differ in bond type
TRUE
sucrose
glucose-fructose
a-bond
maltose
glucose-glucose
a-bond
cellobiose
glucose-glucose
B-bond
disaccharides
sucrose
maltose
cellobiose
polysaccharides
starch
pectins
xylan
fructans
cellulose
hemicellulose
starch makeup
glucose, a-bonds
pectin makeup
hexose and pentose
a-bonds
not digestible by amylase
xylan
xylans
B-bonds