Nutrition

Question 1

Which has more protein? Legumes or grasses?

Answer 1

Legumes

Question 2

What happens if hay is stored wet?

Answer 2

It will mold

Question 3

What is the main energy source of the horse?

Answer 3

Carbohydrates

Question 4

What is the name for the amount of feed that furnishes just enough of the nutrients required to support a horse, Which is doing no work and yielding no product, so that it will neither gain or lose weight?

Answer 4

Maintenance ration

Question 5

What two vitamins can not be manufactured in the horses body?

Answer 5

Vitamin A and E

Question 6

What are the 2 basic types of forages?

Answer 6

Grasses and Legumes

Question 7

What is the term for a ration that contains all the digestible nutrients that will properly nourish an animal for 24 hours?

Answer 7

Balanced ration

Question 8

What does TDN stand for?

Answer 8

Total Digestible Nutrients

Question 9

Digestion begins with prehension or grasping feed with the upper lip. What is the 2nd step?

Answer 9

Mastication or chewing

Question 10

A healthy horse’s diet should contain what 5 basic nutrients?

Answer 10

Water, protein, vitamins, minerals, energy (carbohydrates and fats)

Question 11

What term describes something that is pleasant to the taste?

Answer 11

Palatable

Question 12

What condition causes hay leaves to be lost or shattered?

Answer 12

When hay is raked or baled too dry

Question 13

Complex compounds that contain nitrogen and are made up of amino acids are called what?

Answer 13

Proteins

Question 14

What are 4 micro-minerals required by the horse?

Answer 14

Cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, iodine, zinc, selenium

Question 15

What are often referred to as the “building blocks” of the body?

Answer 15

Amino acids

Question 16

What nutrient acts as both a lubricant and regulator of body heat?

Answer 16

Water

Question 17

Where is the major site of fiber digestion in the horse?

Answer 17

Cecum

Question 18

What are the 2 classes of vitamins?

Answer 18

Water soluble and fat soluble

Question 19

How long is the horse’s digestive track in feet?

Answer 19

100 feet

Question 20

What are the 2 basic energy producing nutrients?

Answer 20

Carbohydrates and fats (lipids)

Question 21

Name the 2 main sources of forages?

Answer 21

Dry forages (hay) and pastures (grass)

Question 22

What 2 macro-minerals are needed in balanced proportions to ensure proper bone growth, health and strength?

Answer 22

Calcium and phosphorous

Question 23

Name the 2 major functions of the equine digestive tract.

Answer 23

Digestion and absorption

Question 24

What type of colic can result from lack of water in the diet?

Answer 24

Impaction colic

Question 25

Similar to humans horses can taste what for flavors?

Answer 25

Sour, sweet, bitter, salty

Question 26

Which of the 5 nutrients makes up 1%of the horse dietary needs?

Answer 26

Vitamins

Question 27

This nutrient is a vital component all diets and should make up 8-15% of the horses ration.

Answer 27

Protein

Question 28

TDN stands for total digestible nutrients. Name the 3 nutrients that are used in the calculation that determines a feed’s TDN.

Answer 28

Protein, carbohydrates, fats

Question 29

What is the precursor needed by the horse for the production vitamin A?

Answer 29

Beta-carotene

Question 30

What trace mineral is deficient if the horse is anemic?

Answer 30

Iron

Question 31

A deficiency of this micro-mineral causes an affliction known as white muscle disease?

Answer 31

Selenium

Question 32

What 2 vitamins cannot be manufactured in the horses body?

Answer 32

Vitamin A and E

Question 33

The small intestine absorbs what type vitamins?

Answer 33

Fat soluble

Question 34

What is the more common name for absorbic acid?

Answer 34

Vitamin C

Question 35

Which mineral is found in 60% of the hemoglobin in the red blood cells and20%of the myoglobin in the muscle tissues?

Answer 35

Iron

Question 36

Liquid can take as little as 15-30 minutes and dry matter may take as long as 12 hours to pass through this organ that makes up about 8%the total digestive tract. Name the organ.

Answer 36

Stomach

Question 37

Carbohydrates are primarily made up of carbon atoms. Name one of the other atoms they may contain.

Answer 37

Hydrogen or oxygen

Question 38

What is the job of gastric lipase?

Answer 38

To digest fats

Question 39

Pepsin is an enzyme in the stomach that works to digest what nutrient?

Answer 39

Protein

Question 40

What is the plant pigment that is the precursor of vitamin A?

Answer 40

Carotene

Question 41

What are the fat soluble vitamins?

Answer 41

Vitamins A,E, D and K

Question 42

The fat soluble vitamins are A, D, E , K. Why are A and E essential in the diet?

Answer 42

They cannot be manufactured the horse’s body