Nutrients
Most essential nutrient
What is Water?
Breaking down feed into parts the body can absorb
What is Digestion?
Any materials used as food
What are Feedstuff?
Process by which animals take in food and use it for maintenance and production
What is Nutrition?
Plant eating animal
What is an Herbivore?
Plant material eaten by grazing animals
What is Forage?
Movement of nutrients from digestive system into the blood
What is Absorption?
Feeds high in protein, necessary for muscle development and repair
What are Protein Feeds?
Ration that provides all nutrients needed in the correct proportions
What is a Balance Nutrition?
An animal with a four-compartment stomach
What is a Ruminant?
Organic nutrients used in small amounts for growth and health
What are Vitamins?
What is Maintenance?
High fiber plant material like hay
What is Forage?
Group of organs that break down food to be absorbed into the body
What is the Digestion System?
An animal that eat both plants and animals
What is an Omnivore?
Nutrients that give quick energy, mostly in plants
What are carbohydrates?
Process of producing offspring
What is Reproduction?
Low fiber, high energy feeds like grain
What is Concentrate?
Non-nutrient substance added to feed such as medicine, flavoring or preservatives
What are Additives?
An animal that eats only meat
What is a Carnivore?
High energy that aid in absorbing Vitamins
What are Fats?
How efficiently an animal converts feed into body weight/product
What is the Feed Conversion Ration? (FCR)
Feeds high in carbohydrates and fats
What are Energy Feeds?
A chemical substance in food that provides energy or helps build, maintain, and heal the body
What is Nutrient?
An animal with a simple stomach
What is an Non-ruminant?