Final Flashcards
Describe the colonic fermenter gi tract and what specie
Pig- long intestine but simple
Large cecum
Sacculated latge intestine:
What are the features of a carnivore gi tract?
Gastric stomach with a non sacculated uncomplicated small intestine
What type of csrb is glucose?
Monosaccharide
What are concentrated sources of protein?
Meat meal (54.9 percent) Siybean meal ( 46.7 %)
What do plants require that animals and humans do not?
Nitrogen
Define digestion
Preping dood for absorbtion
Describe the cecal fermenter gi tract
Rat- short and simple small intestine
Large cecum
Unsacculated large intestine
What lipids are required by animals?
Fatty acids
Linoleoc and linolenic acid
Fat soluable vitamins A, D , E, K
What do humans and animals require that plants do not?
Amino acids
T or F
The carnivore diet is concentrated and highly digestible
True
What us ash?
Inorganic minerals
What plant material has the highest protein content?
Alfalfa
Hay (15.5%)
What type of feed has the highest water content?
Pasture grass and whoke corn plant
What is nitrogen free extract?
Original sample weight - (water+ether extract + crude protein + crude fiber + ash)
Made up of sugars and starches and sometimes hemicellulose and lignin
What type of forage has high calcium content?
Legume
Define absorbtion
Processes that result in the passage of small moecules of the gi tract to blood or lymph
