Nutrition Quiz Flashcards
What is nutrition
The basic interaction of animals with their environment
Ingestion + Metabolism
What does the availability of food dictate ?
Where a species can live
Population Performance
Reproduction
Survival
What can nutrition influence ?
Age @ Puberty
Prenatal Loss
Length or start of bread season
% of adult breeding survival
What does habitat include ?
cover
food
h20
what is food made up of
energy
protein
vitamins
minerals
parts of the headgut
mouth and throat
parts of the fore-gut
small intestine
parts of the mid-gut
small intstine
parts of the hind-gut
large intestine or cecum
colon
rectum
harder nutrients are to extract ___________ digestive tract.
more complex
Rumen is…
more efficent
higher quality diet
Hindgut is… ( compared to Rumen not parts)
can vary intake rate
low quality diet
Fiber =
Energy
Grass - Protein High or Low ?
low
Food that breakdown fast is _________ quality
higher
Food that is high in ______ takes _______ to digest
Fiber - Longer
Body and Antlers need what percent protein in warm months ?
10-12 percent
The body needs what percent energy in warm months
25
Antlers require how much energy in warm months
<5%
Lactation required how much protein and energy in warm months ?
17-18
How much percent protein is needed for gestation in the warm months ?
12
What percent energy is required for gestation in the warm months ?
30-45
what percent energy is required for gestation is the warm months ?
30-45
What does the omasum do ?
catches big particles
