Merck

Question 1

Involves a complex series of decisions and depends upon an elaborate array of mental, motor and digestive abilities

Answer 1

Feeding

Question 2

These animals need to find the right sort of habitat and then find concentrations, or patches of food before they can start looking for particular food items

Answer 2

Wild animals or free-ranging animals

Question 3

Is the behavior of animals when they are likely to encounter and acquire food for themselves or their offspring

Answer 3

Foraging

Question 4

Divisions of hunger system

Answer 4

1. Perceptual mechanisms - for recognizing food
2. Central hunger mechanism - for integrating causal factors for eating and coordinating necessary movements
3. Motor mechanisms - for locating and ingesting food

Question 5

The initiation of feeding behavior can be affected by:

Answer 5

Diurnal rhythms & Social factors

Question 6

Stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus in brain can lead to:

Answer 6

Eating by rats or cattle

Question 7

The rate of ingestion will depend upon:

Answer 7

1. Oral mechanisms
2. Physical and mechanical properties of the food
3. Availability of water
4. Nutrient qualities of the food
5. Effects of disturbances

Question 8

The point at which ingestion of a meal ceases will depend on _____ and input to the brain from _____, such as those which signal that the gut is full

Answer 8

Gut size
Sensory receptors

Question 9

The actual duration of active eating is influenced by:

Answer 9

Food quality & availability

Question 10

Usual grazing time

Answer 10

Daytime / time of sunrise

Question 11

Most active grazing season

Answer 11

Spring

Question 12

When do night grazing occurs

Answer 12

During very hot weather in summer

Question 13

When is grazing reduced

Answer 13

Winter

Question 14

Grazing activity of horse in terms of weather

Answer 14

In winter, horses spend most of their time grazing while less time is spent during very warm weather

Question 15

Why is summer grazing in both cattle and horse reduced?

Answer 15

Fly attacks

Question 16

What can grazing animals ingest as an alternative to water?

Answer 16

Snow

Question 17

Water intake of cattle in both winter and warm weather

Answer 17

Twice daily on average (warm weather)
Once daily (winter)

Question 18

Allows the effective capture of prey that would not be caught by individuals

Answer 18

Pack hunting

Question 19

First milk

Answer 19

Colostrum

Question 20

Milk for disease resistance

Answer 20

Colostrum

Question 21

It is important for form staff to put the calves of older dairy cows on to a teat, preferably within __ of birth as the ability of calves to absorb _____ from colostrum both decline rapidly after birth

Answer 21

3h
Immunoglobulin

Question 22

System that cows, pigs, or calves wear around their neck to cause a door to open or food to be provided

Answer 22

Transponder

Question 23

Gate system for dairy cows

Answer 23

Callan-broadbent gate

Question 24

Plasma glucagon, produced in pancreas, increases during feeding and injection of glucagon can _____

Answer 24

Reduce meal size

Question 25

• Young animals which are overfed, may become obese adults*

Question 26

• Animals that are starved early in life, remain thin when adult even if abundant food is present *

Question 27

Where is the center for mediating thirst located

Answer 27

Hypothalamus

Question 28

• Animals can compensate for deficiencies and provide for special needs

Question 29

Mineral deficiencies can lead to:

Answer 29

Pica

Question 30

The seeking out and eating of objects and materials that are not normally food

Answer 30

Pica

Question 31

Pica is a notable feature of _____ deficiency in cattle

Answer 31

Phosphorus

Question 32

The simplest method for avoiding poisons is to avoid eating new food; the desirable behavioral characteristics are: (7)

Answer 32

1. Consume only small quantities of new food
2. Have a good memory for different food characteristics
3. Be able to seek out special foods
4. Sample foods while eating staple foods
5. Prefer familiar foods
6. Prefer foods with small amounts of toxic compounds
7. Have a searching strategy

Question 33

• Grazers also avoid pasture contaminated by their own dung, a behavior that reduces the likelihood of parasite or disease transmission

Question 34

• The amount of food eaten over a period of several days by a fully grown individual with free access to food is generally just sufficient to maintain body weight

Question 35

• Chickens in cages synchronized their feeding

Question 36

• The duration of grazing is much more constant when animals graze in a herd than when grazed individually

Question 37

Is a behavior that is initiated or increased in rate or frequency by the presence of another individual carrying out that behavior

Answer 37

Social facilitation

Question 38

In dogs, the presence of other members of a group can lead to individuals consuming __ % more. Food than world occur if they were alone

Answer 38

50%