nutrition

Question 1

Carnivores

Answer 1

eat meat
- short digestive tract
-dogs/cats

Question 2

herbivores

Answer 2

eat plants
-longest digestive tract
-goats/horses

Question 3

omnivores

Answer 3

eat both plants and animals
-swine/humans

Question 4

Monogastric (non-ruminants, simple stomach)

Answer 4

-digestion begins in the stomach
-digestion mainly occurs in SI
-carnivores and omnivores

Question 5

ruminants

Answer 5

-stomach=complex
-1 stomach, 4 compartments:
Rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum
-feed can go btwn reticulum and rumen

Question 6

Non-ruminant herbivores (hindgut fermenters)

Answer 6

-simple/monogastric stomach
-cecum!
-horses

Question 7

small intestine function (monogastrics)

Answer 7

• split food molecules

Question 8

parts of small intestine

Answer 8

-duodenum
-jejunum
-ileum

Question 9

large intestine function (monogastrics)

Answer 9

-absorb water
-forms indigestible waste

Question 10

Where is feed fermented in equine

Answer 10

cecum

Question 11

what is crop in poultry

Answer 11

enlargement of esophagus where food’s stored

Question 12

what is the Rumen (in ruminant)

Answer 12

large fermentation vat where bacteria and protozoa work

Question 13

What is the reticulum and what’s it’s purpose

Answer 13

-honeycomb
-provides additional area for fermentation
-interacts with rumen in initiating the mxing

Question 14

what is the omasum

Answer 14

-just has many folds
-no major digestive function

Question 15

what is the abomasum

Answer 15

the true stomach

Question 16

dry matter is

Answer 16

the remainder of feed after accounting for moisture

Question 17

functions of water

Answer 17

-metabolic reactions
-transports nutrients
-maintain body temp
-cell shape

Question 18

examples of simple carbs

Answer 18

-glucose
-fructose
-galactose

Question 19

examples of complex carbs

Answer 19

-cellulose

Question 20

fats are what at room temp

Answer 20

solid

Question 21

oils are what at room temp

Answer 21

liquid

Question 22

how much more energy per pound do fats have than carbohydrates

Answer 22

2.25

Question 23

what’s the only class that contains nitrogen

Answer 23

proteins

Question 24

proteins always contain what

Answer 24

C, H, O, N

Question 25

Simple proteins contains

Answer 25

1 amino acid

Question 26

complex proteins contain additional

Answer 26

non-amino acid substances

Question 27

proteins in feed contain how much N

Answer 27

approx. 16%

Question 28

what vitamins are fat soluble

Answer 28

A, D, E, K

Question 29

what vitamins are water soluble

Answer 29

B

Question 30

what does BCS stand for

Answer 30

body condition score