General Nutrition Flashcards

1
Q

Haylage

A

Dry and wrapped

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2
Q

Silage

A

Wet and wrapped

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3
Q

Hay

A

Dry

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4
Q

Common feed stuffs

A

Grass, legumes, cereals, maize, roots/tubers/ brassicas

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5
Q

Grass

A

Ryegrass and timothy

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6
Q

Legumes

A

Clover, alfalfa, peas, beans

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7
Q

Cereal

A

Barley, wheat, oats

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8
Q

Roots and tubers

A

Sugar beet, fodder beet, potatoes

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9
Q

Brassicas

A

Kale, cabbages, rape

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10
Q

DM

A

Dry Matter Content

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11
Q

Grass

A

Fresh Grass

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12
Q

Forage Crops

A

Conserved Grass -> Hay, Silage, Haylage

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13
Q

DM Hay

A

90%

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14
Q

DM Silage

A

30%

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15
Q

DM Haylage

A

50%

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16
Q

What are cereals used for

A

Rumen fill. Not nutritious enough to feed on their own

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17
Q

Types of Straw

A

The stalk of wheat, barley, oat, and legume

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18
Q

Nutrition of straw types

A

They are a poor source of nutrition so they need to be supplemented

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19
Q

Cereal grains and by-products

A

Barley, wheat, and oats

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20
Q

By-products, fresh or clamped

A

Brewing industry, distilling industry, dried brewer’s yeast/bran

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21
Q

Brewing Industry

A

Brewers grains and spent hops

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22
Q

Distilling industry

A

Malt Culms and distillers grains

23
Q

Rape Seed

A

Canola Oil

24
Q

Sources of protein

A

Animal, milk, seeds, non-protein nitrogen

25
Q

Whole plant milled

A

Maize and triticale

26
Q

Macronutrient

A

Carbohydrate, protein, fat, minerals, energy

27
Q

Micronutrients

A

Vitamins and trace elements

28
Q

How should you build your feed?

A

Construct diet around the macronutrients, then add in micronutrients

29
Q

Two parts of Dry Matter

A

Organic and inorganic

30
Q

Composition of organic dry matter

A

Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acid, organic acids, vitamins

31
Q

Composition of inorganic dry matter

A

Minerals

32
Q

Major nutrient groups

A

Carbs, proteins, fats/oils, vitamins, minerals, water

33
Q

Grass DM

A

20-30%

34
Q

Milk DM

A

12-14%

35
Q

CP

A

Crude Protein

36
Q

CF

A

Crude fiber. Cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin

37
Q

Inorganic Ash

A

Ash/minerals

38
Q

Water

A

100 - DM

39
Q

EE

A

Ether Extract. Fats, oils, fat-soluble vitamins

40
Q

Nitrogen Free Extracts

A

100 - (water + ash + CP + CF + EE)

41
Q

Completely non-digestible

A

Lignin

42
Q

What are carbohydrates

A

Sugars

43
Q

How are carbohydrates classified

A

The number of sugar units contained

44
Q

Monosaccharides Examples

A

ONE SUGAR UNIT. Glucose, fructose, galactose

45
Q

Disaccharides Examples

A

TWO SUGAR UNITS. Sucrose, lactose, maltose

46
Q

Oligosaccharides Examples

A

SEVERAL SUGAR UNITS. Less important than others

47
Q

Polysaccharides Examples

A

MANY SUGAR UNITS. Starch, glycogen, cellulose

48
Q

Structural polysaccharides

A

Components of cell walls

49
Q

Amino acids essential to cats

A

Taurine and Arginine

50
Q

Amino Acid Essential to growing dog

A

Arginine

51
Q

Limiting Amino Acids

A

Essential in non-ruminant diets

52
Q

What are the essential limiting amino acids in non-ruminants

A

Methionine and lysine

53
Q

Complete Proteins

A

Proteins of high biological value containing all essential AA