refers to the animal receiving a proper and balanced food and water ration so that it can grow, maintain its body, reproduce, and supply or produce the things we expect from it
What is nutrition
100
Proteins are complex nutrients, composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
What is nitrogen
100
The process of breaking down food materials into their various nutrient forms that can be absorbed into the animal's bloodstream
What is digestion
100
The largest compartment of the ruminant stomach
What is the rumen
200
Required to prevent poor vision, respiratory ailments, digestive problems, and reproductive issues
What is Vitamin A
200
Proteins develop and repair body organs and
What is tissues
200
The first step in digestion
What is the mouth chewing food
200
Primary site for digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
What is the small intestine
200
Food regurgitated into the mouth to be re-chewed
What is the cud
300
The most important part of an animals nutrition
What is water
300
Vitamins A, D, E, and K are this type of solubility
What is fat
300
Two types of digestion (not systems)
What is chemical and mechanical
300
Compartment of the ruminant stomach associated with hardware disease
What is the reticulum
400
Metabolic bone disease which is soft or deformed bones
What is Rickets
400
These 2 animals must be feed vitamin C to prevent what
What is scurvy
400
First chemical reaction in digestion
What is saliva in the mouth
400
The stomach breaks down the food by muscular movement and
What is digestive juices
400
Compartment of the ruminant stomach known as the "true stomach"
What is the abomasum
500
Pellagra is caused by a deficiency of
What is niacin
500
Symptoms of scurvy
What is swollen, painful joints and bleeding gums
500
Helps push food down the esophagus
What is muscle contractions
500
Consuming fecal material
What is coprophagy
500
Ruminant animals can break down this material where nonruminants cannot