EOS 2019 things to learn Flashcards
birds calcium during breeding season
raised by 2-4%
Hair analysis is useful for?
heavy metals and drug testing
what is urine sampling used for
diagnosing excess/deficiencies of minerals
big head
low blood calcium from too much P
Energy units for horses
DE (digestible energy)
what causes typing up in horse?
excess energy
horse work energy increases
light 25%
medium 50%
Heavy 100%
what is not destroyed by heat in protein meals
Biotoxins = myotoxins
As horses excursive their need for energy and protein increase, the BEST way to meet this need is to
include a higher quality protein in their diet
foregut fermenter which diet is best?
Highly fibrous plant material and some starch and protein
which of the following dietary changes would most likely reduce milk fat % in a lactating cow
excessive proportion of starch and fat in the DM
Non-fibre carbohydrates component in a dary cow PMR diet can most easily be increased by mixing in
more distillers or brewer grain
Ruminal acidosis in lactating dairy cattle is most likely caused by
an increase in lactic acid producing bacteria compared to fibre degrading bacteria
remember that NDF Max = 1.2%
650 x 0.012 = 7.8
7.8/55 = 14.18kg
weaning beef calves
modify date of weaning each year to achieve a trade-off between optimising the body condition fo the dam at next mating and optimising calf live weight before weaning
explained early weaning beef
Drenching and vax and moving to worm free pasture is too much management
150kg, is very large, usually weaned at 100kg
correct = doing bare minimum of giving extra supplements, compared to if it were older
when is pasture providing the best growth rate
when its growing rapidly
Not
- flowering and seeding
- maximum DM content - as the energy is less accessible
- reaching maximal DM content per Ha
Nutritional management of options for beef
Being flexible with time of weaning according to the length of the pasture growth season
Dairy efficiency management
Supplementation
culling cows
always look at metabolised energy first
Compensatory growth is most likely to occur in growing steers grazing
High quality pasture after several months of feed restriction through the dry season
- as the weight goes up and down but overall up
- if constant supplementation = just mostly maintaining very little going up
LARGEST component of pig and poultry diets
Grain
Lucerne hay
Ca and protein
Soybean
high protein
what’s the issue with grain
it is a NSP (constructed polypeptide) = so it is not as accessible
limestone
calcium
Explain chicken FCR and FCE
FCR – > feed/A weight = whole number = lower the better
Efficiency –> A weight/Feed = decimal = higher the better
phase feeding in pigs
The use of a series of diets to match the nutrient requirements of a pig as it progresses in age