formulating rations

Question 1

what are the 6 steps in formulating rations

Answer 1

1. describe the animal
2. describethe nutrient requirements
3. describe the feedstuffs
4. describe the feed delivery system
5. describe te ration or diet
6. describe the results

Question 2

feed intake

Answer 2

increased by adjusting
animal comfort
access to feed, time conditions n competition
physcal form of feeds
water content
palatability
proper balace to ehance digestion

Question 3

how can energy density be increased or decreased

Answer 3

adding fats

increasing fiber

Question 4

corn is lysine …

Answer 4

deficient but soybeans has it

Question 5

the more mature the plant the fiber

Answer 5

is less digestable

Question 6

macrominerals are

Answer 6

ground rock

Question 7

microminerals

Answer 7

added to diets
interacts with other microminerals
copper and molybdenum are competative
interact with other nutrients

Question 8

vitamins

Answer 8

also added to the diet

water soluble vitamins are not usually needed

Question 9

describe the diet using the pearson square

Answer 9

take percent nutrient subtract from middle number. sum is the sum of columns one and two

Question 10

cut and fit formulation

Answer 10

start with largest components (fiber in ruminants)
add minerals and vitamins
fill space with energy sources

Question 11

lest cost diet formulations

Answer 11

linear programming.
results depeend on the nutrient and feedstuff constrainnts nd the prices of feeds used.
potentially dangerous to use