General Nutrition Facts
This is the most important nutrient and makes up over 60% of an animal’s body.
What is water?
This type of digestion uses enzymes and acids to break down nutrients.
What is chemical digestion?
The mouth of a ruminant animal produces a lot of this substance.
What is saliva and/or buffer?
The animal without a gallbladder.
What is horses?
The opponent this weekend for UK Baseball.
Who is LSU?
This type of animal can utilize urea as a protein source.
What are ruminants?
Digestion of this nutrient begins in the stomach.
What is protein?
Chemical digestion of protein begins in this segment of the tract.
What is the abomasum?
The location of bile production.
What is the liver?
The date of your next exam.
When is April 8th?
The six classes of nutrients required for survival.
What are water, carbohydrates, lipids, protein, vitamins, and minerals?
This substance provides non-enzymatic digestion in the stomach.
What is HCL (hydrochloric acid)?
The main purpose of papillae.
What is increase surface area for absorption?
Greenish organ attached to the liver.
What is the gallbladder?
What are thoroughbreds?
Sheep are highly susceptible to toxicity of this mineral.
What is copper?
The three segments of the small intestine in order.
What are duodenum, jejunum, and ileum?
What are the four compartments of the ruminant “stomach” in order?
What are the Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, and Abomasum?
Structure that produces digestive enzymes which then dump into the small intestine.
What is the pancreas?
The name of the first cloned mammal (hint:it was a sheep).
Who is Dolly?
This nutrient provides the most energy per unit.
What are lipids (fat)?
This structure regulates the flow of stomach contents into the small intestine.
What is the pyloric sphincter?
Rumination is important for this reason.
What is increases efficiency of microbial digestion?
Structure that connects to the small intestines and houses blood vessels for absorption.
What is mesentery?
The number of school days left in the semester (not including today, weekends, reading days, or finals week).
What are 24 days?