nutrition 2 Flashcards
maintenance nutrient
levels of nutrients needed to sustain body condition
finishing cattle
growing catle being fed to produce beef
silage
fermented high moisture ruminant feed produced from grass or legumes
starter pigs
young porcines that have been weaned but are less than 40 pounds
total digestable nutrients
sum of the digestable fiber, protein, lipid, and carbohydrates in a feed
roughage
feed high in insoluble fiber and low in total digestable nutrients
concentrate
feed low in insoluble fiber and high in total digestable nutrients
forage
plant material eaten by graving livestock
non protein nitrogen
nitrogen containing feed ingredients that are no protein consumed
net energy
the actual portion of energy available in a feed to the animal for use in the body
protein efficiency ratio
number of grams of body weight gain per unti of protein consumed
grass tetany
disease in ruminants which causes muscle spasms , coma, and deatrh, resulting from magnesium deficiency
rickets
developmental bone disease of growing animals due to deficiency of calcium, phosphorus, and/or vitamin D
white muscle disease
desiase effecting the striated muscle of large animals due to deficieny of vitamin E/ and/ or selenium
total mixed ratio
weighing and blending all feedstuffs into a complete ratio
Mcal
megacalories
kcal
kilocalories
DMI
dry matter intake
GE
gross energy
DE
digestable energy
ME
metabolizeable energy
NE
net energy
RER
resting energy requirement
MER
maintenance energy requirement
