Ration
A ration is the total amount of feed consumed in a 24 hour period
What is a ration?
Nutrient requirements of animal
Nutrient content of feed stuff
What do you need to know about a pearson square?
An ingredient or material fed to animals for the purpose of sustenance.
What is feed stuff?
Supplements are commonly used
Are supplements used or are they not used often?
Feed additives are used to modify one or more properties of a feed.
What is a feed additive used for?
A ration should provide the proper proportion of each nutrient specific to the animal’s needs
What should a ration do?
There are 7 steps to solving a pearson square.
How many steps are there to solving a pearson square?
Roughage's, concentrates, supplements, feed Additive
What are the feed stuff categories?
Provide small amounts of nutrients that are deficient in a ration.
What do supplements do?
A feed additive does not add nutritional value.
Does a feed additive add nutritional value?
Identify needs of the animal.
Identify available feed stuffs.
What do you identify in a ration?
Step 1 is setting up the pearson square
What is the 1st step in setting up a pearson square?
Hay
Silage
Pasture
What are the common resources for roughage?
Vitamins
What is one type of supplement?
Feed additives are very useful
Are feed additives useful?
Calculate the amount of each feed stuff to use in the ration
What do you need to calculate in a ration?
Steps 2,3, and 4 are filling in the square, adding, and subtracting.
What are steps 2,3, and 4 when trying to complete the square?
Feed stuffs that are low in fiber and high in nutrient density.
What is concentrate?
Minerals
What would be a 2nd supplement?
Increase stability
What is one additive?
Check the ration against nutrient needs
What to check in a ration?
Steps 5,6, and 7 are converting parts to %, converting % to pounds, and to check your work
What are steps 5,6, and 7 when completing the square?
Supplements are commonly used to provide small amounts of nutrients that are deficient in a ration.
What are supplements?
Fats and oils
What is a 3rd supplement?
Enhance growth
What is a 2nd additive?