Digestive Anatomy
What is the first part of the digestive tract?
What is the mouth?
Which species has a monogastric stomach?
What is, dog, cat, human
What nutrient is the main energy source?
What is carbohydrate?
What is the term for food that meets all nutritional needs of an animal?
What is complete and balanced?
What is the total amount of minerals in diet is referred to as?
What is Ash?
What organ produces bile?
What is the liver?
Which animal has a rumen for fermenting plant material?
What are: Cattle (Cows), Sheep, Goats, Deer, Elk, Moose, Giraffes, Antelope, Bison, Buffalo
What nutrient builds and repairs tissues?
What is protein?
What is the term for the energy required to maintain basic body functions?
What is RER (Resting Energy Requirement)
A deficiency in what mineral can cause eclampsia or "milk fever"?
What is Calcium
What is the function of the cecum in horses?
What is fermentation
Which species practices coprophagy?
What is a rabbit, guinea pig, rodents, beavers
What vitamin is essential for blood clotting?
What is vitamin K?
What is the term for the amount of food needed to maintain weight and activity?
What is maintenance energy requirement (MER)?
What mineral is essential for enzyme, muscle and nerve functions?
What is Potassium?
What is the ruminant stomach's second chamber?
What is the reticulum?
What species has a spiral colon?
What is a pig?
What mineral is important for bone formation?
What is calcium?
What is the term for a diet designed to prevent disease in healthy animals?
What is a preventative or maintenance diet?
What is used to make hemoglobin and a deficiency can cause anemia?
What is Iron
What is the name of the enzyme in saliva that breaks down starch?
What is Amylase
Which species lacks a gallbladder?
What is horse, Deer, Rats, Elephants, Lamoids (e.g., llamas and alpacas), Some dolphins and porpoise, Giraffes (in some individuals)
What essential amino acid is required for cats?
What is Taurine and Arginine?
What is its Resting Energy Requirement (RER) in kcal/day for a 10kg patient?
(Use the formula: RER = 30×(Body weight in kg) +70)
What is 370kcal/day
In large animals and horses a deficiency in ____ can cause "white muscle disease" and cardiomyopathy?
What is Selenium?