Nutrients Flashcards
What is the most important nutrient?
Water
What are examples of micro inclusions
Vitamins and minerals
What are do nutrients requirements depend on?(8)
Age
Size
Environment
Individuality
Use/ production stage
Gestation
Lactation
Growth
What animal is the outlier with water intake
Dairy cattle
How are carbs stored
Glycogen
What percent of a pigs body weight is glycogen
1%
What is a ruminant metabolic disorder
Acidosis
What are the 4 essential amino acids to know
Lysine
Methionine
Tryptophan
Threonine
True or False: ruminants deal with the 4 amino acids
False: they don’t
What is deamination
Taking nitrogen away from fatty acid requires a lot of metabolic energy
Break down of amino acids
True or False: feed no more protein than necessary to animals
True bc excess is not stored
What happens when the body has too much protein
It’s urinated out
True or False: nitrogen is unique to protein. Determining the amount of nitrogen allows the determination of the percent protein
True
How much energy does fat contain
2.25 times more
What is solid at room temperature
Saturated fats
What is liquid at room temperature
Unsaturated fats
Oils
How many calories per gram is fat
9
Type of bond of saturated fats
Single bonds
True or False: animals have a reduced feed intake in the summer
True
What is crude protein of soybean
40%
What is crude protein of corn
8%
What are water soluble vitamins
B complex and C
Fat soluble vitamins
A
D
E
K
How many of ounces of salt per day
6.8-10
What are the macro minerals (6)
Calcium
Phosphorus
Magnesium
Potassium
Sodium
Sulfur
What are the micro minerals
Iron
Molybdenum
Zinc
Chromium
Copper
Cobalt
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True or False: not enough magnesium can lead to death
True
What can cause milk fever
Large amounts of Calcium
Which animals are born iron deficient
Pigs and lambs
When are iron injections given to pigs
During processing/ after birth
Why do we salt foods
To dry out consumption
