Animal Nutrition & Growth: Feedstuffs, Nutrients, Nutrition for Monogastrics and Ruminants Flashcards

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Energy feeds characteristics

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Grains
- High in energy
- Low in protein
Example:
Corn- Energy = 100%
Protein =7.1-10%

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Types of Grains

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Corn, barley, molasses, milo, oats, wheat

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Roughages characteristics

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  1. High in fiber
  2. Low in protein
  3. Low in energy
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Types of roughages

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Silage, grass, corn silage

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Forages Characteristics

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  1. High in fiber
  2. High in protein
  3. Low in energy
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Types of forages

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Hay, Alfalfa

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Fats & Oils characteristics

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  1. Contain 2.25 times more energy than carbs
  2. Added in feed to supply: energy, dust control, essential fatty acids
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Types of fats and oils

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Animal fats and plant oils

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Protein feeds characteristics

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  1. Protein concentrates
    - High in protein
    - low in energy
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Types of protein feeds

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  1. Vegetable Oil: soybean meal, cottonseed meal, linseed meal
  2. Animal protein: meat meal, fish meal - causes fishy odor
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What are the 4 types of feedstuffs?

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  1. Energy feeds
  2. Roughages and forages
  3. Fats and oils
  4. Protien feeds
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What are the 6 nutrients?

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  1. Water
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Fats
  4. Proteins
  5. Minerals
  6. Vitamins
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Water

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  • Most important nutrient
  • Universal solvent
  • Most available nutrient
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Carbohydrates

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  • Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
  • Starch primary source
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Fats (lipids)

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  • More carbon and hydrogen
  • 2.25 times more energy/lb than carbs
  • Energy and fatty acids
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Proteins

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  • Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
  • Simple protiens contain only amino acids
  • Complex proteins contain additional non amino acid substances
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Minerals

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  • Chemical elements other than ones above
  • Macro minerals: required in larger amounts
  • Micro minerals: required in smaller amounts
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Vitamins

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  • Organic nutrients needed in small amounts
  • Fat soluble: A, D, E, K
  • Water soluble: Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), biotin, choline, B12, folic acid, Niacin, thiamin, riboflavin b
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What is a maintenance diet for?

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  • Steady state at which the animal is not gaining or losing weight
  • Maintenance energy is used to maintain basal metabolism
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What is a production diet for?

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  • Semen, ova, ovum production
  • Fetal growth and development
  • Animal growth
  • Milk, meat, eggs, wool production
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Nutrient requirements for non-ruminant (monogastric) nutrition

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  • Concentrates (Cereal grains: corn, wheat, barley) and Oil Meal (SBM, CSM, LSM) are the most common feed
  • Low in fiber
  • High in digestable energy
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What animals would eat monogastric diets?

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Swine, poultry, equine. Animals with only one stomach

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Nutrient requirements for Ruminant animals

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  • Grasses (pasture) and forages (hays)
  • High in fiber
  • Low in digestable energy
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What are concentrates (cereal grains) high in?

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Energy

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What are concentrates (cereal grains) low in?

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Fiber

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Which animals have starch as the primary source of carbohydrates in their diet?

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Swine and poultry

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What nutrient must monogastric animals convert to glucose to assure absorption?

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Carbohydrates

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What sugar are ruminant animals best equipped to utilize?

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Cellulose

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Where is cellulose digested the best in ruminant animals?

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The rumen

30
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What 3 elements do carbohydrates mostly consist of?

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen

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What 3 nutrients do fats consist of?

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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen. There is a larger proportion of carbon and hydrogen in fats than carbohydrates

32
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How are essential amino acids retrieved by an animal?

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Through their dietd via microbial action

33
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Are nonessential amino acids required by the animal for normal growth?

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Yes, but they can be synthesized by the animal

34
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If a protein contains only amino acids, what is it called?

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A simple protein

35
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If a protein contains additional non-amino acid substances, such as hemoglobin, carbohydrates, or lipids, what is it?

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A complex protein

36
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Why are minerals considered inorganic?

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They contain no carbon

37
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What type of minerals are required in larger amounts?

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macro

38
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What type of minerals are required in smaller amounts?

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micro

39
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What minerals are required for bone growth and repair?

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Calcium and phosphorus

40
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What can microminerals become a part of?

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A part of a vitamin and a part of a hormone

41
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What are organic nutrients needed in very small amounts to provide specific body functions in an animal?

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Vitamins

42
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Which vitamins are fat soluble?

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A, D, E, K

43
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What does Vitamin A do?

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Maintains proper repair of internal and external body linings, helps the eyes

44
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What does Vitain D do?

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Regulates the absorption of calcium and phosophorus from the intestine. It aids in bone growth and repair

45
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What does Vitamin D do?

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Relates to sunlight exposure

46
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What is Vitamin K important for?

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Blood clotting and hemorrage prevention

47
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What are the water soluble vitamins?

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ascorbic acid (vitamin c), biotin, choline, B12, folic acid, Niacin, thiamin, riboflavin b

48
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In ruminant animals, where do microorganisms make all of the water soluble vitamins?

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The rumen

49
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Why are water soluble vitamins readily availible to horses?

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Some are made by fermentation in the cecum

50
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Can water soluble vitamins be synthesized by monogastric animals? If no, where do monogastric animals intake them?

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No, they ingest them through feed

51
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What are limiting amino acids?

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Those not provided in sufficient quanitity to allow for the normal synthesis of protein

52
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What should a producer do about limiting amino acids?

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they should make sure their diet formulations assure that limiting amino acids are sufficiently abundant to assure normal protein formation

53
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What do amino acids do?

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They are the building blocks for growth of muscle, bone, and connective tissue. They help milk production and cellular and tissue repair

54
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When does growth occur in an animal?

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When protein synthesis is in excess of protien breakdown

55
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Why do young animals need greater protien requirements?

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Dry matter of muscle and connective tissue is composed of protein, so they utilize it as a muscle building factory

56
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What is compensatory growth?

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A situation where above-average growth rates are realized when nutritional conditions improve

57
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What is animal growth?

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Increase in the animal size and increase in structured tissues (bone, muscle, connective tissues, organs, fats)

58
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What growth always happens first in an animal?

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Bone and muscle

59
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What is animal growth measured by?

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Increase in weight and width
Increase in length and height

60
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What 2 factors affect animal growth?

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Genetics and environment

61
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What are the genetic factors that affect growth?

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  1. Breed: different breeds will grow at different rates
  2. Gender
  3. Inheritance: The ability of the animal to inherit genetic factors for average daily gain
  4. Genetic imbalances of GH or thyroxine
62
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What are the environmental factors that affect growth?

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  1. Physical environment
  2. Favorable or unfavorable conditions
  3. Plane of nutrition
  4. Antibiotics and environment
  5. Implants
63
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Gender differences in cattle: Lean accretion/growth

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1st. Bull
2nd. Steer
3rd. Heifer

64
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Gender differences in cattle: Fat accretion and deposit

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1st. Heifer
2nd. Steer
3rd. Bull

65
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Gender differences in pigs: Lean accretion and growth

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1st. Boar
2nd. Gilt
3rd. Barrow

66
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Gender differences in pigs: Fat accretion and depost

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1st. Barrow
2nd. Gilt
3rd. Boar

67
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Under cold temperature stress, what is their feed consumption like?

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Feed intake: Animal is at lower critical temperature, and eats more feed to get to thermoneutral zone

Feed efficiency: decreases

% Crude Protein: reduce % crude protein in diet

68
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Under heat stress, what is an animals feed intake like?

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They consume less feed

69
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What is the DMB for finishing lambs and cattle?

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1.5-2%

70
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What is the DMB for old animals?

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1.5-2%

71
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What is the DMB for dairy cows?

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3.8-4%

72
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What is the DMB for Swine?

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3.5 - 5.5%