Nutrition Flashcards
Full-fat soya treatment is done by
Uni-pro soya
What does a complete premix contain?
Vitamins, minerals (=microelements, macro-elements)
What is the protein content of cereals? (corn, wheat, barley, oat, rye)
10-15%
What happens when lignin content increases?
Digestibility decreases and feed intake decreases
What can lectins cause?
They adhere to the mucous membrane of the intestine, and damage/difficult the absorption of Ca2+
What is the highest dose of carbide (urea) a cow can eat=
20-30g / 100kg BW
What does feed intolerance mean?
Reproducible and unpleasant reaction to a specific ingredient, which is biochemically or physiologically based
In investigation of feedstuff, you can detect:
Feather meal, fish meal
What are the anti nutritive factors of Vicia faba (horse bean)?
Tannin (exam paper), Lupinin and Spartein (lecture notes)
What is the anti nutritive factor of alfalfa?
Saponin
What is the discount factor of corn silage?
0.053 = 5.3%
What are the end products in Pectin degradation?
VFAs, lactic acids and succinate
What are the end products in Cellulose degradation?
Acetic acid, succinate, ethanol, formic acid, CO2, H2
What are molasses a good source of?
Energy and S
The discount factor of corn silage is 0.053. it means?
The digestibility of the corn silage will decrease by 5.3%
Which are used as a liquid protein source?
Neither (i.e. neither molasses or propylene glycol)
What is the principle of silage making?
Anaerobe fermentation with lactic acid production
Which amino acid is most sensitive to the over-heating of feed?
Lysine
Can be used as silage additives
All of them (Cereal grains, molasses, organic acids, dried sugar beet pulp, mineral acids, biological additives)
What is the meaning of bulky feed?
Big volume with low dry matter content
What kind of feed is the roughage?
Bulky feed
How big is the crude fibre content of roughage?
about 18%
What is the source of gossypol?
Cottonseed, field bean
If by-pass category in feedstuff is small
Most nitrogen of the feedstuff will be degraded in the rumen