Food & Nutrients
Plant Material eaten by grazing animals.
What is Forage?
Process of producing offsprings
What is reproduction?
Daily diet that provides all needed nutrients in correct amounts
What is balanced ration?
organic nutrients that help regulate body process
What is Vitamins?
Animal with a stomach that has 4 compartments
What is Rumiant?
A substance in food that provides energy & materials for repair, growth, and health maintenance.
What is nutrient?
Increase in body size, weight
What is growth?
feeds high in carbohydrates of fats that provide energy (grains)
What is energy feeds?
nutrients that provide energy
what is carbohydrates?
The body system that breaks down food into nutrients
what is digestive system?
Taking in and using food necessary for health and growth.
What is nutrition?
Nutrients needed to keep an animal alive and healthy
What is maintenance?
Amount of feed an animal eats in a day
What is Ration?
nutrients that supply concentrated energy and help store vitamins
What is Fats(lipids)?
Chemical process that turns nutrients into energy
What is metabolism?
Materials used as animal feed.
What is feedstuff?
measure how much feed an animal needs to maintain weight
What is feed conservation ratio?
Feed added to improve nutrient
What is supplement?
nutrients needed for all body processes
What is water?
process of breaking down food
What is digestion?
Nutrient-dense food supplements.
What is concentrate?
production of milk
What is Lactation?
substance added to improve the growth, health of animal
What is additives?
inorganic nutrients needed for bones, blood, and body functions
What is minerals?
process of nutrients moving from digestive system to the blood
What is absorption?