Feeding & Nutrition Flashcards
What is the importance of pets having good nutrition?
It is the key to a long healthy life
What is Toxicity?
The degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism
What is Deficiency?
A lack or shortage
In what situations would you need to change your pet’s diet?
Stages of Life (Puppy-Adult-Senior)
Pregnancy
Lactation
If they are sick
Allergies
To accommodate the body receiving the adequate nutrients it needs and not too much or too little.
What is NRNR?
Nutritional Research for Nutrient Requirements
Studies animal nutritions
What component do pet diets often revolve around?
Meat
How do you determine if a nutrient is necessary?
Take it away and see how it affects the animal
How do you calculate the min/max of a nutrient?
Test out different amounts of a nutrient
What is the Maintenance Diet nutrient requirements?
○ Crude Protein
○ Crude Fat
○ Amino Acids: Arginine and Methionine
○ Minerals: Calcium and Iron
○ Crude Protein = 18%
○ Crude Fat = 5%
○ Amino Acids = Arginine .51% and Methionine .33%
○ Minerals = Calcium = 0.6 - 2.5% and Iron 80mg/kg
What is the Growth/Repro diet nutrient requirements
○ Crude Protein
○ Crude Fat
○ Amino Acids: Arginine and Methionine
○ Minerals: Calcium and Iron
○ Crude Protein = 22%
○ Crude Fat = 8.5%
○ Amino Acids = Arginine .62% and Methionine .35%
○ Minerals = Calcium = 1.0 - 2.5% and Iron 80mg/kg
Where is the main location of mechanical digestion?
The mouth
How many teeth do cats have and what is their Dental Formula?
30 teeth
I= 3/3
C=1/1
P= 2/3
M= 1/1
How many teeth do dogs have and what is their Dental Formula?
42 teeth
I= 3/3
C=1/1
P= 4/4
M= 2/3
What are the mucus-secreting cells?
Goblet cells in Esophagus
Where is the main location of chemical digestion?
The stomach
What is the function of the stomach?
Store and move food
What are the 4 gastric juices?
Hydrochloric Acid
Pepsinogen
Mucus
Intrinsic factors
What is it called when the food exits the stomach?
As Chyme
What are the pancreatic secretions/enzymes?
Bicarbonate
Digestive Enzymes (Amylases, Proteases, Lipases)
Characteristics of the small intestine and what happens?
Microvilli line the walls
Absorption of most nutrients
Characteristics of the large intestine and what happens as well as how long it takes food to pass?
It is long
Water and salt absorption
Undigested food takes 12 hrs to pass
What is palatability?
The food being of pleasant taste
Measured by putting 5 options and seeing which one they gravitate to.
What is acceptability?
The food being of acceptable size, texture and smell
Measured by watching what they eat with ease
What besides taste determines food preference?
Smell, Texture and Size
