Intro to Animal Nutrition

Question 1

Chemical elements or compounds present in feed that support health, body maintenance, and productivity.

Answer 1

Nutrients

Question 2

A person who is trained in and able to apply knowledge of feeds to the requirements, production, and health of animals.

Answer 2

Nutritionist

Question 3

Integrates the knowledge of biochemistry and physiology into a unifying concept of the relationship between an organism and food supply.

Answer 3

Nutrition

Question 4

What does nutrition encompass?

Answer 4

Procurement, ingestion, digestion, and absorption of nutrients.

Question 5

Breakdown of complex feed nutrients into their basic units which are suitable for absorption.

Answer 5

Digestion

Question 6

Transfer of substances from the gastrointestinal tract to the circulatory system.

Answer 6

Absorption

Question 7

Combination of anabolic and catabolic reactions occurring in the body after nutrients are absorbed in the digestive tract.

Answer 7

Metabolism

Question 8

Proteins that break down complex nutrients into their subunits which are absorbed into the intestine.

Answer 8

Enzymes

Question 9

Animal Enzymes

Answer 9

Lipase, Protease, Amylase

Question 10

Energy required to keep the animal alive without increasing or decreasing body weight.

Answer 10

Maintenance

Question 11

Energy required for the development of new body tissue, bone, and muscle.

Answer 11

Growth

Question 12

Difference between the nutritional values provided to animals and their bio-availability.

Answer 12

Nutritional Gap