Feed Stuff
What does feed stuff mean?
Any product that has nutritional value in the diet when properly prepared as suitable feed for animals.
What is the purpose of livestock judging?
To determine the desirable traits for their different uses and purposes.
What are the three functions of the skeletal system?
Form, support, protection.
What is a cardiac muscle?
Heart
Which nutrient is required in the largest amounts by animals?
Carbohydrates
What are two types of feedstuffs?
Roughages and Concentrates
When looking for capacity in a breeding animal, what part of the body should you look at?
Rib shape
What is a joint?
Point where two or more bones meet.
List an example of a smooth muscle?
Stomach
What is the most important nutrient for animals
Water
What are three examples of roughages?
Pasture grass, Hay, and Silage.
What do you look for in market animals?
Muscling and marbling.
What is a ligament?
Tough band of connective tissue connecting one bone to another.
What is an example of a skeletal muscle?
Biceps
A specific combination of feeds in the amount needed to supply the daily nutrient requirements of the animal is called ____
Ration
What are three examples of concentrates?
Cereal Grains, Pulp, Corn, Soybean Meal, Oats, Liquids ( Molasses, fats, oils)
What does the term condition mean?
What is an example of a irregular bone?
Vertebrae
What does locomotion mean?
Movement
Referred to trace minerals and only needed in small abounts
Microminerals
What does TMR stand for?
Total Mixed Rations
What does EPD stand for?
Expected Progeny Difference.
What is a tendon?
Tough band of connective tissue that connects muscle to bone
Do skeletal muscles have voluntary or involuntary movement?
voluntary
The most common technique used to balance rations
Pearson Square