Digestive
Nutrition
Feed & Feedstuffs
Rations and Feeding
Livestock Handling
100
List the 4 compartments of the stomach in the correct order in which feedstuffs travel through it in order
What is rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum?
100
This part of the ruminant stomach functions similarly to the stomach of a monogastric animal
What is the abomasum?
100
List of essential nutrients needed by livestock (3)
What are carbohydrates, vitamins, water
100
correct order in which feed ingredients should be added to a mixer
What is Grains, supplements and premixes, forages, liquid supplements
100
Seth is working with his new show steer for the first time. how should Seth act?
What is calm, confident, patient
200
This is one of the first chemicals which starts digestion in the mouth.
What is saliva?
200
minerals is needed for the production of enzymes responsible for the metabolism of proteins and fats
What is manganese?
200
NOT an energy source ingredient
Pick one:
Millet, rye, wheat, or dried distillers grain
What is dried distillers grain?
200
Mason works at a commercial feedlot. He is tasked with checking the feed bunks, or bunk reading, to see how much feed is left in order to make a feed call to adjust the feed levels delivered. Which of the following feeding philosophies is Mason participating in?
What is a slick bunk/feeder?
200
The blind spots of vison for a horse
Where is directly behind the horse
300
This is a very specialized structure which is very high in tendons and muscles in poultry.
What is gizzard?
300
Essential nutrients, natural products or synthetic products which increase animal performance and efficiency
What is the definition for feed additives?
300
wet feed processing method?
What is pelleting?
300
common feed additive used to increase palatability (taste)
what is molasses?
300
- Select all of the following which are considered learned behaviors.
A steer being led to the wash rack
Cattle following a feed truck
Piglets nursing their mom
Sheep running away from a predator
Sheep running away from a predator
A steer being led to the wash rack
Cattle following a feed truck
400
This sits at the bottom of the ventral part of the horse
What is the cecum?
400
NOT an example of feed additives:
Milling by-product
Enzymes
Forages
Antibiotics
What is forages?
400
objectives in feed processing.:
Pick 4: Allow for easy storage, Alter the amount of ingredients, Decrease cost, Detoxify ingredients, Improve nutrient content, Increase palatability
Detoxify ingredients
Improve nutrient content
Increase palatability
Allow for easy storage
400
Daphne is using a traditional method to feed ruminants. She increases the energy content in the rations in small increments over the course of a feeding period. By adding grains slowly in the ration to increase the energy content, the rumen microbes can adjust to the changes and maintain a healthy and efficient rumen environment. Which of the following feeding methods is Daphne using?
What is step-up
400
Name the tool
What is rope halter
500
These type of digestive systems have digestive systems which are slightly altered, allowing them to digest and process forages. Examples are horses, rabbits
What is modified ruminants?
500
When deficient in _____________, livestock have an appetite for non-nutrient objects. Skeletal abnormality occurs when ______levels are too high. Cells being starved and simple bodily functions shutting down is due to low levels of ______. Goiter may occur when _____is deficient. Too high of ______levels may cause yellowing of skin.
Word bank: Calcium, iodine, phosphorus, sulfur, zinc
What is When deficient in phosphorus, livestock have an appetite for non-nutrient objects. Skeletal abnormality occurs when calcium levels are too high. Cells being starved and simple bodily functions shutting down is due to low levels of sulfur. Goiter may occur when iodine is deficient. Too high of zinc levels may cause yellowing of skin.
500
Place the following steps of steam flaking in the correct order:
Starch granules of grain rupture
Grain is rolled
Grain put in chamber
Grain begins to swell
Grain left to dry
Grain introduced to steam or hot moisture
1 Grain put in chamber
2 Grain introduced to steam or hot moisture
3 Grain begins to swell
4 Grain is rolled
5 Starch granules of grain rupture
6 Grain left to dry
500
Javier works in a livestock production operation where they create their own rations. The ration they selected to feed includes large amounts of roughages, therefore, the mixer requires more time to reach uniformity. Which of the following mixer types is Javier using?
What is a vertical screw mixer
500
Sara is pushing cattle through a chute system. She has a cow pushed into a pen with an adjustable gate with an alleyway leading to the chute. Which pen does Sara have the cow pushed into?
What is a crowding pen?