Feeding (textbook) Flashcards
A complex series of decisions and depends upon an elaborate array of mental, motor, and digestive abilities
Feeding
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
Foraging
Most active grazing season in most temperate regions
Spring
During _____, more night grazing occurs
Very hot weather in summer
Cattle drink ___ daily, on average, in warm weather, but ___ daily in winter
Twice
Once
Horses may travel _____ km/day and spend about _____ h in grazing travel
3-10 km/day travel
2-3h grazing
Cattle move from _____ km/day in grazing travel distance and spend about ___ h in grazing travel time
2-8 km/day
2h grazing travel time
Grazing time of horse
2-3 h
Grazing travel DISTANCE of cattle
2-8 km/day
Grazing travel time of cattle
2h
Sheep on range travel ___ km/day and spend ___ h on this travel
6 km/day
2h
On good pasture land, sheep may travel ___ km/day
1 km/day
Allow the effective capture of prey that would not be caught by individuals
Pack hunting
First milk
Colostrum
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
3h
A cow requires _____ min to eat 1kg of grain or manufactured concentrates
2-4 mins
Systems where cows, calves, or pigs wear around their necks, recognized electronically and causes a door to open or food to be provided
Transponder
Produced in the pancreas, increases during feeding
Plasma glucagon
Injection of _____ can reduce meal size
Glucagon
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
Centers mediating thirst are located in the _____
Hypothalamus
Mineral deficiency can lead to _____
Pica
Pica is a notable feature of _____ deficiency
Phosphorus
Behavior by an individual that is initiated or increased in rate or frequency by the presence of another individual carrying out that behavior
Social facilitation
In dogs, the presence of other members of a group can lead to individuals consuming ___% more food than would occur if they were alone
50%
Starts when the animal starts to metabolize tissues that are not food reserves, but are functional tissues
Starvation
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
Starvation
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
Starvation
Cattle in loose housing spend about __ h/day eating
5 h/day
If hay or silage is fed into cattle, __h/day may be spent on active eating
5 h/day
In field situation, cattle graze mostly during the hours of daylight about __ km/day
4 km/day
The time cattle spend grazing during the 24h period is ______h
4-14 h
[cattle] time spent lying down
9-12 h
Rumination starts in young calves of - weeks of age after they have eaten solid, fibrous food such as pasture plants
4-6 weeks
Total time of rumination in sheep
8-10 h
Horses drink ___ a day
Once a day
Excessive thirst or excessive drinking
Polydipsia
Occurs as an aberration when pigs are kept in close confinement
Polydipsia
Poultry drink frequently each day, fowl will visit a drinking fountain __-__ times per day
30-40 times/d
Like humans, dogs cannot digest _____
Cellulose
