Veterinary Nutrition

Question 1

What is a nutrient?

Answer 1

A chemical compound that plays a specific structural or functional activity in the body.

Question 2

Protein

Answer 2

Essential for…
- animal growth
- muscle maintenance
- producing young
- products eg.milk, eggs etc.

Question 3

Copper in diet

Answer 3

• Haemoglobin production

Question 4

Iodine in diet

Answer 4

• Thyroid hormones in metabolism

Question 5

Zinc in diet

Answer 5

• Stress management & immune response
• Hoof health

Question 6

Vitamin A

Answer 6

• in animal tissues
• Improved growth, bone development and reproductive performance

Question 7

Vitamin C

Answer 7

• in green forages
• stimulation of immune response
• calcifying bones and teeth

Question 8

Vitamin D

Answer 8

• in fish
• bone quality, egg yield

Question 9

Vitamin E

Answer 9

• In wheat, grass clover…
• improved immune response, cell membranes.

Question 10

What body fat score should healthy pets be at?

Answer 10

3

Question 11

What is BARF?

Answer 11

Biologically Appropriate Raw Food
- muscle meat and raw meaty bones

Question 12

What is forage?

Answer 12

plant material/ feed
- 50-100% of the total feed requirements of herbivores and ruminants
- all forages contain fibre a source of carbohydrates

Question 13

Lignin content

Answer 13

• Major component in cell wall of older forages
• As plant matures lignin content increases
• limits digestion

Question 14

Digestibility of grass with age

Answer 14

Younger grass is more digestible

Question 15

What is silage?

Answer 15

Fermented young grass
- anaerobic excluded oxygen
- lactic acid bacteria multiply
- sugars in grass, VFAs formed

Question 16

Why are cereals cooked?

Answer 16

• Increases SI digestion
• breaks the starch’s structure and exposes greater area to enzymes

Question 17

What is a complete feed?

Answer 17

Formulated to meet the animal’s daily nutrient requirements at recommended rate

Question 18

What is a complementary feed?

Answer 18

Meets animals requirements in conjunction with other feed stuffs

Question 19

Dogs vs Cats carb absorption

Answer 19

• Dogs more pancreatic amylase
• Dogs can have higher dietary starch

Question 20

Arachidonic Acid (AAs)

Answer 20

• derived from linoleic acid
• cats cant make their own
• dogs can convert linoleic acid

Question 21

Niacin requirements

Answer 21

• Cats require more niacin in diet 4x that of dogs
• Cant convert tryptophan to niacin

Question 22

Fibre in dogs diet

Answer 22

• weight management
• stool quality
• help anal sac glands

Question 23

Body fat scores

Answer 23

1-5
underweight (1)
Obese (5)