Miscellaneous
What is not accurate regarding added fiber?
Causes decrease in volume of feces
Free-choice feeding in kennel settings may be beneficial because it...
What is not something that occurs in cats with a taurine deficiency?
Deafness
Lettuce
What part of a bird's gastrointestinal system stores and softens food before it reaches the stomach?
Crop
In protein metabolism, ammonia is converted to urea in what organ?
Liver
What is one reason why large breed puppies should eat large breed puppy food?
It has a higher calcium level to reduce the risk of bone deformities
Because cats are true carnivores, they need increased amounts of this amino acid in their diet.
Taurine
The three portions of the small intestine are the...
duodenum, jejunum, ileum
Which vitamin deficiency is most commonly associated with the long term feeding of seeds to birds?
Vitamin A
The lining of the Reticulum appears to resemble this:
Honeycomb shapes
What life stage requires the most protein in its diet?
Growing puppy
A cat should not be fed dog food because dog food does not contain enough _____.
proteins
What is the primary benefit of adding soybean meal to small animal diets?
Protein
Within birds, food exists the crop and enters the "true stomach" called the _______.
Proventriculus
______ is the series of wavelike contractions of smooth muscles. Food moves down the esophagus by gravity and this process.
Peristalsis
What must be supplemented to a vegetarian diet fed to cats?
Vitamin A
Fish need fats within their nutritional ration. Fat content should range from...
4-15%
Seeds consumed by birds are of two types: ____ seeds and ___ seeds.
cereal and oil
The guaranteed analysis in a pet food label contains (as %).
minimum for crude protein and crude fat, with maximum for moisture and crude fiber
This canine internal parasite lives in the dog's lower digestive tract especially the cecum.
Whipworm (trichuris vulpis)
Siamese cats can be susceptible to toxicity of what mineral?
Manganese
Two hormones, ______ and _______, work together to maintain a tight control over the level of blood sugar in an animal.
insulin and glucagon
A deficiency of iodine in the diet of birds may lead to this condition.
Goiter