General Nutrition Flashcards
Haylage
Dry and wrapped
Silage
Wet and wrapped
Hay
Dry
Common feed stuffs
Grass, legumes, cereals, maize, roots/tubers/ brassicas
Grass
Ryegrass and timothy
Legumes
Clover, alfalfa, peas, beans
Cereal
Barley, wheat, oats
Roots and tubers
Sugar beet, fodder beet, potatoes
Brassicas
Kale, cabbages, rape
DM
Dry Matter Content
Grass
Fresh Grass
Forage Crops
Conserved Grass -> Hay, Silage, Haylage
DM Hay
90%
DM Silage
30%
DM Haylage
50%
What are cereals used for
Rumen fill. Not nutritious enough to feed on their own
Types of Straw
The stalk of wheat, barley, oat, and legume
Nutrition of straw types
They are a poor source of nutrition so they need to be supplemented
Cereal grains and by-products
Barley, wheat, and oats
By-products, fresh or clamped
Brewing industry, distilling industry, dried brewer’s yeast/bran
Brewing Industry
Brewers grains and spent hops
Distilling industry
Malt Culms and distillers grains
Rape Seed
Canola Oil
Sources of protein
Animal, milk, seeds, non-protein nitrogen
Whole plant milled
Maize and triticale
Macronutrient
Carbohydrate, protein, fat, minerals, energy
Micronutrients
Vitamins and trace elements
How should you build your feed?
Construct diet around the macronutrients, then add in micronutrients
Two parts of Dry Matter
Organic and inorganic
Composition of organic dry matter
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acid, organic acids, vitamins
Composition of inorganic dry matter
Minerals
Major nutrient groups
Carbs, proteins, fats/oils, vitamins, minerals, water
Grass DM
20-30%
Milk DM
12-14%
CP
Crude Protein
CF
Crude fiber. Cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin
Inorganic Ash
Ash/minerals
Water
100 - DM
EE
Ether Extract. Fats, oils, fat-soluble vitamins
Nitrogen Free Extracts
100 - (water + ash + CP + CF + EE)
Completely non-digestible
Lignin
What are carbohydrates
Sugars
How are carbohydrates classified
The number of sugar units contained
Monosaccharides Examples
ONE SUGAR UNIT. Glucose, fructose, galactose
Disaccharides Examples
TWO SUGAR UNITS. Sucrose, lactose, maltose
Oligosaccharides Examples
SEVERAL SUGAR UNITS. Less important than others
Polysaccharides Examples
MANY SUGAR UNITS. Starch, glycogen, cellulose
Structural polysaccharides
Components of cell walls
Amino acids essential to cats
Taurine and Arginine
Amino Acid Essential to growing dog
Arginine
Limiting Amino Acids
Essential in non-ruminant diets
What are the essential limiting amino acids in non-ruminants
Methionine and lysine
Complete Proteins
Proteins of high biological value containing all essential AA