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Feeding (textbook) Flashcards

1
Q

A complex series of decisions and depends upon an elaborate array of mental, motor, and digestive abilities

A

Feeding

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2
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Is the behavior of animals when they are moving around in such a way that they are likely to encounter and acquire food for themselves or their offspring

A

Foraging

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3
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Most active grazing season in most temperate regions

A

Spring

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4
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During _____, more night grazing occurs

A

Very hot weather in summer

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5
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Cattle drink ___ daily, on average, in warm weather, but ___ daily in winter

A

Twice
Once

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6
Q

Horses may travel _____ km/day and spend about _____ h in grazing travel

A

3-10 km/day travel
2-3h grazing

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7
Q

Cattle move from _____ km/day in grazing travel distance and spend about ___ h in grazing travel time

A

2-8 km/day
2h grazing travel time

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8
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Grazing time of horse

A

2-3 h

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9
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Grazing travel DISTANCE of cattle

A

2-8 km/day

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10
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Grazing travel time of cattle

A

2h

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11
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Sheep on range travel ___ km/day and spend ___ h on this travel

A

6 km/day
2h

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12
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On good pasture land, sheep may travel ___ km/day

A

1 km/day

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13
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Allow the effective capture of prey that would not be caught by individuals

A

Pack hunting

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14
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First milk

A

Colostrum

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15
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It is important for farmers staff to put the calves of older dairy cows on to a teat, preferably within __ h of birth, as colostrum production and the ability of calves to absorb immunoglobulins from colostrum both decline rapidly after birth

A

3h

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16
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A cow requires _____ min to eat 1kg of grain or manufactured concentrates

A

2-4 mins

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17
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Systems where cows, calves, or pigs wear around their necks, recognized electronically and causes a door to open or food to be provided

A

Transponder

18
Q

Produced in the pancreas, increases during feeding

A

Plasma glucagon

19
Q

Injection of _____ can reduce meal size

A

Glucagon

20
Q

Animals that are starved early in life, may remain thin when adult even abundant food is present. Young animals which are overfed, may become obese adults

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21
Q

Centers mediating thirst are located in the _____

A

Hypothalamus

22
Q

Mineral deficiency can lead to _____

A

Pica

23
Q

Pica is a notable feature of _____ deficiency

A

Phosphorus

24
Q

Behavior by an individual that is initiated or increased in rate or frequency by the presence of another individual carrying out that behavior

A

Social facilitation

25
Q

In dogs, the presence of other members of a group can lead to individuals consuming ___% more food than would occur if they were alone

A

50%

26
Q

Starts when the animal starts to metabolize tissues that are not food reserves, but are functional tissues

A

Starvation

27
Q

Is occurring if functional body tissues other than specially adapted reserve tissues such as glycogen in the liver, or body fat, are being metabolized because energy levels from food are absent or are too low

A

Starvation

28
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A consequence of lack of food, it can also occur because the energetic expenditure of the animal is more than the energetic input from the individual’s food

A

Starvation

29
Q

Cattle in loose housing spend about __ h/day eating

A

5 h/day

30
Q

If hay or silage is fed into cattle, __h/day may be spent on active eating

A

5 h/day

31
Q

In field situation, cattle graze mostly during the hours of daylight about __ km/day

A

4 km/day

32
Q

The time cattle spend grazing during the 24h period is ______h

A

4-14 h

33
Q

[cattle] time spent lying down

A

9-12 h

34
Q

Rumination starts in young calves of - weeks of age after they have eaten solid, fibrous food such as pasture plants

A

4-6 weeks

35
Q

Total time of rumination in sheep

A

8-10 h

36
Q

Horses drink ___ a day

A

Once a day

37
Q

Excessive thirst or excessive drinking

A

Polydipsia

38
Q

Occurs as an aberration when pigs are kept in close confinement

A

Polydipsia

39
Q

Poultry drink frequently each day, fowl will visit a drinking fountain __-__ times per day

A

30-40 times/d

40
Q

Like humans, dogs cannot digest _____

A

Cellulose

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