quiz #1

Question 1

gross energy

Answer 1

amount of energy in feed

Question 2

digestible and fecal energy is energy derived from…

Answer 2

digestion of feed

Question 3

metabolizable energy along with urinary/gas energy is energy available for

Answer 3

metabolizable use by animal

Question 4

retained/net energy and heat increment energy is energy used by

Answer 4

animal for maintenance and production

Question 5

when is maintenance more important than production?

Answer 5

only during lactation is production more important than maintenance as lactating cows decrease weight as they are putting more energy into lactation.

Question 6

maintenance requirements

Answer 6

basal metabolism, thermal regulation, product formation, voluntary activity

Question 7

basal metabolism

Answer 7

metabolism for survival, synthesize things for survival

Question 8

thermal regualtion

Answer 8

regulation of body temperature

Question 9

voluntary activity

Answer 9

grazing, exercise

Question 10

Retained/Net energy

Answer 10

reproduction, animal production

Question 11

what happens when the animal is sick? What about the immune system?

Answer 11

requirements goes up, but feed intake decreases. All maintenance and retained energy production decrease