Grains Flashcards
1
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Broad bean (faba bean)
A
- Protein
- in pigs improves the quality of meat and fat (solid and white)
- Max. 0,5 kg to Horse→ would cause constipation.
2
Q
Field pea
A
- Protein
- Fattening pigs up to 20% → positively affect the quality and meat yield.
- Bitter taste
- Only for animal consumption
3
Q
Sweet pea
A
- Protein
- Fattening pigs up to 20% → positively affect the quality and meat yield.
- No ANS in raw form
- High nutritive value.
4
Q
White lupin
A
- Protein
- 1st candidate for replacing soybean
- Fed to cattle, pigs and Poultry
- Increase digestibility for monogastric animals.
- Original varieties -bitter taste
- high content of toxic substances
5
Q
Vetch
A
- Protein
- Unsuitable for: pregnant, young, lactating (bitter taste of milk), pigs (wont eat because of taste)
- A lot of ANS
6
Q
Soybean
A
- Protein
- Highest protein content of all legumes
- Negative effect on milk quality → flavour, buttery consistency
- Max. 1kg daily to highly productive dairy cows.
- Suitable for rabbits
- it must be heated before feeding to destroy the trypsin inhibitor and other enzyme inhibitors
7
Q
Sunflower seeds
A
- Lipid
- High in fat + fibre
- Whole for parrots + -Rodents (for others: peeled)
- The fat and oil accumulate from the achene part of the plant
8
Q
Rape seeds
A
- Lipid
- The fat and oil accumulate from the seeds of the plant.
- Contains oleic acid (EFA)
- Extracted meals + cakes → for fattening bulls
- Cheap
9
Q
Linseed (flaxseed)
A
- Lipid
- Needs thermal treatment to destroy ANS
- Laxative effect
- Good for skin + fur
- Horses+ fur animals
- usage → animals before parturition (better viscosity of amniotic fluid)
- rarely used for poultry because of its poor amino acid profile, its high fibre, and its laxative nature
10
Q
White mustard
A
- Lipid
- Used among other things to make mustard oil → high in essential fatty acids.
11
Q
Poppy seed (Opium poppy)
A
- Lipid
- Commonly used in oil production (widely used edible cooking oil)
- Used as a condiment w/ baked goods + pastries for their nutty odor + flavour
- Used also in the production of morphine, codeine and other alkaloids
- Dry opium was considered as an sedative, hypnotic + narcotic substance.
12
Q
Corn
A
- Saccharide
- High energy content
- One of the most popular cereals used worldwide
- High in digestible starch, very palatable
- Low in protein + Fiber
- Livestock (Poultry, pigs + Ruminants)
- Not fed at the end of fattening!!
13
Q
Wheat
A
- Saccharide
- Possibility of allergy on wheat gluten
- Good for livestock (Poultry, pigs + Ruminants)
- High energy content (Similar to corn, but higher in protein)
- Expensive
14
Q
Rey
A
- Saccharide
- High in energy
- Not very palatable
- Contains ANS - not much used in animal nutrition
- Not for breeding animals→ Spermicide! + susceptible for ergot fungi→ Abortion!
15
Q
Oat
A
- Saccharide
- Highest content of fibre
- Horse + rabbit (+dog +cat)
- Should not replace more than 25% of corn in growing pigs
