Feeding (textbook)

Question 1

A complex series of decisions and depends upon an elaborate array of mental, motor, and digestive abilities

Answer 1

Feeding

Question 2

Is the behavior of animals when they are moving around in such a way that they are likely to encounter and acquire food for themselves or their offspring

Answer 2

Foraging

Question 3

Most active grazing season in most temperate regions

Answer 3

Spring

Question 4

During _____, more night grazing occurs

Answer 4

Very hot weather in summer

Question 5

Cattle drink ___ daily, on average, in warm weather, but ___ daily in winter

Answer 5

Twice
Once

Question 6

Horses may travel _____ km/day and spend about _____ h in grazing travel

Answer 6

3-10 km/day travel
2-3h grazing

Question 7

Cattle move from _____ km/day in grazing travel distance and spend about ___ h in grazing travel time

Answer 7

2-8 km/day
2h grazing travel time

Question 8

Grazing time of horse

Answer 8

2-3 h

Question 9

Grazing travel DISTANCE of cattle

Answer 9

2-8 km/day

Question 10

Grazing travel time of cattle

Answer 10

2h

Question 11

Sheep on range travel ___ km/day and spend ___ h on this travel

Answer 11

6 km/day
2h

Question 12

On good pasture land, sheep may travel ___ km/day

Answer 12

1 km/day

Question 13

Allow the effective capture of prey that would not be caught by individuals

Answer 13

Pack hunting

Question 14

First milk

Answer 14

Colostrum

Question 15

It is important for farmers staff to put the calves of older dairy cows on to a teat, preferably within __ h of birth, as colostrum production and the ability of calves to absorb immunoglobulins from colostrum both decline rapidly after birth

Answer 15

3h

Question 16

A cow requires _____ min to eat 1kg of grain or manufactured concentrates

Answer 16

2-4 mins

Question 17

Systems where cows, calves, or pigs wear around their necks, recognized electronically and causes a door to open or food to be provided

Answer 17

Transponder

Question 18

Produced in the pancreas, increases during feeding

Answer 18

Plasma glucagon

Question 19

Injection of _____ can reduce meal size

Answer 19

Glucagon

Question 20

Animals that are starved early in life, may remain thin when adult even abundant food is present. Young animals which are overfed, may become obese adults

Question 21

Centers mediating thirst are located in the _____

Answer 21

Hypothalamus

Question 22

Mineral deficiency can lead to _____

Answer 22

Pica

Question 23

Pica is a notable feature of _____ deficiency

Answer 23

Phosphorus

Question 24

Behavior by an individual that is initiated or increased in rate or frequency by the presence of another individual carrying out that behavior

Answer 24

Social facilitation

Question 25

In dogs, the presence of other members of a group can lead to individuals consuming ___% more food than would occur if they were alone

Answer 25

50%

Question 26

Starts when the animal starts to metabolize tissues that are not food reserves, but are functional tissues

Answer 26

Starvation

Question 27

Is occurring if functional body tissues other than specially adapted reserve tissues such as glycogen in the liver, or body fat, are being metabolized because energy levels from food are absent or are too low

Answer 27

Starvation

Question 28

A consequence of lack of food, it can also occur because the energetic expenditure of the animal is more than the energetic input from the individual’s food

Answer 28

Starvation

Question 29

Cattle in loose housing spend about __ h/day eating

Answer 29

5 h/day

Question 30

If hay or silage is fed into cattle, __h/day may be spent on active eating

Answer 30

5 h/day

Question 31

In field situation, cattle graze mostly during the hours of daylight about __ km/day

Answer 31

4 km/day

Question 32

The time cattle spend grazing during the 24h period is ______h

Answer 32

4-14 h

Question 33

[cattle] time spent lying down

Answer 33

9-12 h

Question 34

Rumination starts in young calves of _-_ weeks of age after they have eaten solid, fibrous food such as pasture plants

Answer 34

4-6 weeks

Question 35

Total time of rumination in sheep

Answer 35

8-10 h

Question 36

Horses drink ___ a day

Answer 36

Once a day

Question 37

Excessive thirst or excessive drinking

Answer 37

Polydipsia

Question 38

Occurs as an aberration when pigs are kept in close confinement

Answer 38

Polydipsia

Question 39

Poultry drink frequently each day, fowl will visit a drinking fountain __-__ times per day

Answer 39

30-40 times/d

Question 40

Like humans, dogs cannot digest _____

Answer 40

Cellulose