Arginine, glycine, serine, proline, cysteine, tyrosine, and glutamine, but these are not generally important unless an animal is ill.
What are the conditional amino acids?
Foods from this nutritional category provide energy and fuel for an animal’s body.
What are carbohydrates?
Yes, having a small amount in their diets helps with gastrointestinal health and aids in their digestive processes.
Are grains acceptable for cats?
This is the definition of a nutritional calorie.
What is the amount of energy required to raise 1 kg of water by 1 degree C?
If carbohydrates, with their long chains of molecules, are to be thought of as trains, then this is an important distinction of simple sugars over complex starches.
Which types of carbohydrates are metaphorically 1, 2, or 3 box cars in length that the body can break down and digest quickly?
All forms of protein, whether digestible or otherwise.
What is crude protein?
Carbohydrates and protein have 4, and lipids 9, per gram.
What are calories?
It must be digestible and contain all ten essential amino acids; it refers typically to meat-based sources.
What is quality or bioavailable protein?
When designing a diet for an animal, begin with this nutritional category.
What is protein?
The term for an animal in peak condition with a coat that looks and feels flawless
What is bloom?
A big molecule
What is a macronutrient?
An animal’s body makes the non-essential ones, while the essential ones must be consumed.
How are non-essential and essential amino acids different?
This is the conditional amino acid that helps healing of an ailment within the gastrointestinal tract.
What is glutamine?
The essential amino acids that are represented by the letters T. I. M.
What are TRYPTOPHAN, ISOLEUCINE, and METHIONINE?
All carbohydrates are the result of this process.
What is photosynthesis?
This single-chain sugar, also called monosaccharide, provides fuel to animals’ muscles.
What is glucose?
The essential amino acids that are represented by the letters P. V. T.
What are PHENYLALANINE, VALINE, and THREONINE?
Technically, a big molecule, but more practically, it is a substance required in large amounts by animals.
What is a macronutrient?
The disaccharide in grains
What is maltose?
C, H, and O
Of what elements in long chains are carbohydrates composed?
Reasons include that it adds calories, reduces inflammation, potentially supports improvement of particular conditions, is inexpensive, tastes good, and adequately makes dams in late-term pregnancy feel fuller longer.
Why would a nutritionist supplement animals’ feed with fat?
Energy storage
What is the primary function of dietary fats?
Using this formula, an animal caretaker can determine the protein content in a ration if s/he knows the N content.
What is nitrogen content x 6.25 = crude protein content?
The essential amino acids represented by the letters H. A. L. L.
What are HISTIDINE, ARGININE, LEUCINE, and LYSINE?
Hydrolyzed protein
What is protein that has been pre-selected and pre-digested, broken down into small, pre-molecular parts?