Exam 3 Part 3 Flashcards
Define Gross Energy. How is GE measured?
Gross energy is the amount of heat produced by the oxidation of a feed. It is measured in calories and kilocalories
What is fecal energy composed of?
It is composed of indigestible fibre
Define Digestible Energy. How is it measured?
Digestible Energy is the amount of energy that is resulted from the removal of fecal energy from gross energy. It is measured in TDN
What does TDN stand for? How is TDN calculated?
TDN stands for Total Digestible Nutrients.
Define Metabolizable Energy. How is it measured?
Metabolizable Energy is the amount of energy resulting from removing urinary and gaseous energy from digestible energy.
What is Net Energy used for in animals?
- Basal metabolism (Energy needed when the body is at rest)
- Maintenance requirements
- Lactation
- Growth, Reproduction, Fattening, Exercise
Describe Heat of Fermentation and Heat Increment
Heat Increment refers to the increased production of heat following the consumption of food.
Heat of fermentation, which is in the forestomach of ruminants as well as the large intestine.
What activities are included in Basal Metabolism? What can affect it?
Activities include: breathing, cell production, circulation, and nutrient processing.
Affected by: age, gender, species, breed
Define Maintenance Requirement. What can affect it?
Maintenance requirement is the amount of energy needed for basic movement and digestion.
Affected by: age, activity, environmental conditions, weight, and breed
Compare and contrast dietary energy losses between cows (a ruminant) and pigs (a monogastric)
A cow would lose much more energy than a pig in fecal energy and would overall retain less energy. The biggest loss for a pig would be the loss from metabolizable energy into net energy.
Forage is a feed high in structural CH2O. Which type of CH2O is a structural fibre?
Cellulose is a type of CH2O that is a structural fibre.
How do C3 and C4 grasses differ?
C4 grasses can survive more drought like climates than C4 and are therefore more advantageous.
Why are legumes higher in CP than grasses?
The bacteria in root modules of legumes fix nitrogen
What are two factors to consider when considering the best time to harvest?
Two factors to consider when considering are Dry Matter and Digestibility
When is the optimal time to harvest forages?
The optimal time to harvest forages is between the pre bud and budding phase of legumes and between the boot and heading phase of grass. When they are in the middle of peak Dry Matter and peak Digestibility
What are three reasons why antibiotics could be fed to animals?
1) Disease Prevention
2) Disease Curing
3) Growth
Why is it desirable to decrease the usage of antibiotics in livestock? What other additives may be used in their place?
Prolong usage can decrease the effectiveness of antibiotics and increase the resistance of bacteria.
Other additives that might be used are: probiotics, ionophores, coccidiostats, and/or melengestrol acetate
Which horses need the most protein?
The horses that need the most protein are Exercising Horses and Lactating Horses
What type of horse would need the most grain?
The type of horse that would require the most grain are High Exercising Horses.
Which type of horse would be fed a mostly hay diet?
Maintenance and Late Gestation Horses would be fed a mostly hay diet
What would a good source of fat be for a horse?
Corn Oil
List some common ingredients in a lactating dairy cow ration
Corn silage, Hay, Byproducts, Soybean Meal, Extra Vitamins
What are the 4 Rs of Rumination?
Regurgitate, Rechew, Re-salivate, Reswallow
How can a normal rumen pH be maintained through nutrition or feeding management?
Normal rumen pH levels can be maintained by regulating forage length, the amount of concentrates in a feed, the order of feeding, and the moisture content of a ration
Where is Rumen Undegradable Protein digested into amino acids and absorbed? What sort of dairy cow may require more rumen undegradable protein? Why?
Rumen Undegradable Protein is digested into AA and absorbed in the small intestine. Lactating dairy cows require more RUP because they need the extra energy.
Why is it important that a dairy cow (as well as other ruminants) have a certain amount of long forage in their diet?
It is important that ruminants have a certain amount of long forage in their diet because it can be fermented too quickly and cause acidosis. Also, to stimulate contraction.
Where do dairy cows gain the extra calories needed when lactating?
Cows gain the extra calories for their body fat
How do farmers measure body composition changes in dairy cows?
Farmers measure body composition changes in dairy cows through the Body Composition Score
Describe a dairy cow’s change in body weight over a one-year period
The body weight of a cow dramatically decreases in the peak production period, flattens somewhat in the maximum dry matter intake phase before steadily rising in the bodyweight regain phase
How do farmers measure body composition changes in dairy cows?
Farmers rank certain parts of their body from a scale of 1 (thin) to 5 (obese)
What does it mean to be a carnivore?
A high protein low Ch2O diet, increased AA metabolism, increased gluconeogenesis
How can sustainability of pet food be increased?
Giving them a less meat based diet (although protein is necessary), giving them animal byproducts, giving them cooked grain
Would you feed your dog/cat a raw meat diet, vegan or grain-free diet? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each?
I would feed my pet a vegan diet. Dogs are omnivores and can eat a more flexible diet. However, cats are carnivores and should eat a diet based on animals. Cats have a nutrition requirement that cannot be met by plants alone. Grain-free diets have a significant portion of pulses, which increase cardiomyopathy. Raw pet food has a higher chance of giving a pet salmonella.
What factors can increase obesity in pets?
Factors include: activity, consumption of people food, eating snacks
How do broilers and layers dietary requirements differ?
Broilers: need more CP, need more Sulfur AA (Met & Cyt), need more energy
Layers: need less CP, need less energy, need more Calcium
What are some common feeds fed to poultry?
Common feeds to feed to poultry are pellets, mash, and crumble
List some characteristics of marine mammals that are carnivorous and use their teeth to catch prey.
Cylindrical teeth, swallows food whole, 3 compartment stomach (forestomach (storage), main stomach, pyloric stomach (enzymes)), no cecum, SI and LI are 54m in length
Describe how filter feeders capture their food. Name an example of a filter feeding aquatic mammal.
Filter feeds capture their food by straining their food from water through a filtration system.
Animals that do this: Baleen Whale, bivalves, Moon Jellyfish
What type of food do manatees eat? Why do they have to live in warm water? Why can other marine mammals, such as killer whales etc., survive in very cold waters?
Manatees are herbivores, although they can occasionally be omnivores. Manatees have to live in warm water because they lack blubber to keep them warm and have a smaller caloric diet than other marine mammals, which allow other marine mammals to survive colder water.
What steps could be taken to attempt to balance a diet for a new zoo animal that was the first of it’s kind at a zoo? After feeding this diet to the new animal, how would the adequacy of the diet be assessed?
Consulting with other zoos to stay on current trends, do research, use Body Composition Scoring
Compare and contrast beef steer/heifer management in grass-fed versus feedlot finished situations.
Grass Finish: less calories, be on diet for a longer period of time, higher in Vit A and E Grain: shorter time till slaughter weight. Higher fat
Describe the life cycle of beef cattle.
Weaning 6-9 months (80-500): Grass fed diet
Growing 9-16 months (500-750): grass fed w/ grain supplements
Finishing 16-22 months (750-1200): grain fed diet
What is flushing? Steaming up? Which species and under which conditions would benefit most from these practices?
Flushing is increasing the amount of energy in a diet 45 days before breeding.
Steaming is increasing the amount of energy in a diet during the last 45 days of gestation.
Species that would benefit the most from these practices are lambs.
Describe the changes that occur in the rumen/reticulum and omasum/abomasum of calves (and other ruminants) as they grow.
The ration of the R-R to the O-A changes from 1:2 at birth, 1.4:1 at 30 days, 2.6:1 at 60 days, to finally 2.7:1 during adulthood
In class we looked at a picture of a bunch of goats in a tree. What were they doing up there and how does this activity shed light on what they normally eat? How does the feeding behavior/dietary preferences differ between sheep and goats?
Goats climb trees to feed on forbs, as they prefer forbs, fruits, and leaves to grass.
Sheep, by contrast, prefer to graze.
Which livestock species require extra sulfur-containing amino acids? What are these used for?
Sheep are the livestock species that require extra sulfur-containing amino acids. These are used for wool production.