Digestive Anatomy
Species Differences
Nutrients
Feeding & Diets
Minerals
100

What is the first part of the digestive tract?

What is the mouth?

100

Which species has a monogastric stomach?

What is, dog, cat, human

100

What nutrient is the main energy source?

What is carbohydrate?

100

What is the term for food that meets all nutritional needs of an animal?

What is complete and balanced?

100

What is the total amount of minerals in diet is referred to as?

What is Ash?

200

What organ produces bile?

What is the liver?

200

Which animal has a rumen for fermenting plant material?

What are: Cattle (Cows), Sheep, Goats, Deer, Elk, Moose, Giraffes, Antelope, Bison, Buffalo

200

What nutrient builds and repairs tissues?

What is protein?

200

What is the term for the energy required to maintain basic body functions?

What is RER (Resting Energy Requirement)

200

A deficiency in what mineral can cause eclampsia or "milk fever"?

What is Calcium

300

What is the function of the cecum in horses?

What is fermentation

300

Which species practices coprophagy?

What is a rabbit, guinea pig, rodents, beavers

300

What vitamin is essential for blood clotting?

What is vitamin K?

300

What is the term for the amount of food needed to maintain weight and activity?

What is maintenance energy requirement (MER)?

300

What mineral is essential for enzyme, muscle and nerve functions? 

What is Potassium?

400

What is the ruminant stomach's second chamber?

What is the reticulum?

400

What species has a spiral colon?

What is a pig?

400

What mineral is important for bone formation?

What is calcium?

400

What is the term for a diet designed to prevent disease in healthy animals?

What is a preventative or maintenance diet?

400

What is used to make hemoglobin and a deficiency can cause anemia?

What is Iron

500

What is the name of the enzyme in saliva that breaks down starch?

What is Amylase

500

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)

500

What essential amino acid is required for cats? 

What is Taurine and Arginine?

500

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

500

In large animals and horses a deficiency in ____ can cause "white muscle disease" and cardiomyopathy?

What is Selenium?