Nutrients Flashcards

1
Q

What is the most important nutrient?

A

Water

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2
Q

What are examples of micro inclusions

A

Vitamins and minerals

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3
Q

What are do nutrients requirements depend on?(8)

A

Age
Size
Environment
Individuality
Use/ production stage
Gestation
Lactation
Growth

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4
Q

What animal is the outlier with water intake

A

Dairy cattle

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5
Q

How are carbs stored

A

Glycogen

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6
Q

What percent of a pigs body weight is glycogen

A

1%

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7
Q

What is a ruminant metabolic disorder

A

Acidosis

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8
Q

What are the 4 essential amino acids to know

A

Lysine
Methionine
Tryptophan
Threonine

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9
Q

True or False: ruminants deal with the 4 amino acids

A

False: they don’t

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10
Q

What is deamination

A

Taking nitrogen away from fatty acid requires a lot of metabolic energy
Break down of amino acids

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11
Q

True or False: feed no more protein than necessary to animals

A

True bc excess is not stored

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12
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What happens when the body has too much protein

A

It’s urinated out

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13
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True or False: nitrogen is unique to protein. Determining the amount of nitrogen allows the determination of the percent protein

A

True

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14
Q

How much energy does fat contain

A

2.25 times more

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15
Q

What is solid at room temperature

A

Saturated fats

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16
Q

What is liquid at room temperature

A

Unsaturated fats
Oils

17
Q

How many calories per gram is fat

18
Q

Type of bond of saturated fats

A

Single bonds

19
Q

True or False: animals have a reduced feed intake in the summer

20
Q

What is crude protein of soybean

21
Q

What is crude protein of corn

22
Q

What are water soluble vitamins

A

B complex and C

23
Q

Fat soluble vitamins

24
Q

How many of ounces of salt per day

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What are the macro minerals (6)
Calcium Phosphorus Magnesium Potassium Sodium Sulfur
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What are the micro minerals
Iron Molybdenum Zinc Chromium Copper Cobalt
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Slide 17
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True or False: not enough magnesium can lead to death
True
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What can cause milk fever
Large amounts of Calcium
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Which animals are born iron deficient
Pigs and lambs
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When are iron injections given to pigs
During processing/ after birth
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Why do we salt foods
To dry out consumption