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True or False: The most palatable feeds available will be used for the high producing dairy cow in order to achieve high feed intake along with high milk production
True
False
True or False: Rations should be formulated on a crude protein basis for cattle, but on a lysine basis for swine and poultry
True
False
True or False: A good source of protein in swine and poultry diets is urea
False
True
True or False: A feed with about the same feeding value as soybean meal for beef cattle of cottonseed meal
True
False
True or False: Without microbes in the rumen, ruminants could not digest hay and other feeds containing cellulose any better than we can
True
False
True or False: Corn and other grains are fed primarily for the protein content
True
False
A big difference between ruminants and non-ruminants is that ruminants rely on (a) much more for their source of energy.
What category is Burmuda grass placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Corn cobs placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Corn stover placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Distiller's grains placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Alfalfa placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Orchard grass placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Peanut meal placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Wheat middlings placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Corn gluten meal placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is wheat straw placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is corn placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Wheat bran placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Big Bluestem placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Soybean meal placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Spent hops placed in for feeds?
(a)
What category is Brewer's grains placed in for feeds?
(a)
Which animal has a high need for protein because it cannot down-regulate its catabolic enzymes of amino acid degradation and requires dietary taurine?
Rabbit
Steer
Sheep
Cat
Which has the highest need for protein in the diet?
A dairy cow producing 80 pounds of milk per day.
A beef steer gaining weight at 3 pounds per day.
What structure in the horse allows it to utilize large amounts of forage?
Rumen
Cecum
Teeth
Small intestine
True or False: A balance of amino acids in the protein of the ration is more important to the horse than it is to the cow.
True
False
True or False: Amino acid composition of the DIP is more important than the UIP protein.
True
False
The reason B-vitamins are not added routinely to beef cattle diets is that:
beef cattle are provided with the B-vitamins naturally through the bacterial fementation that takes place in their rumen
beef cattle normally obtain enough of the vitamins from their feed
they have no need for those vitamins in their tissues
True or False: Compensatory gain refers to improved growth and feed efficiency when an animal is placed on a high energy ration after a period on a low energy ration.
True
False
True or False: The rabbit needs high quality forage with a high protein content because unlike the cow, it is a nonruminant animal and the microbial fermentation only provides energy.
True
False
True or False: When harvested as hay, legumes generally have higher protein than grasses.
True
False
True or False: A good substitute for corn with about the same feeding value is grain sorghum (milo).
True
False
One difference between rations for poultry versus rations for pigs is that:
chickens need more methionine
chickens need more fiber in their diet
they eat different feeds
What nutrient requirement increases the most as the work of the horse increases?
Energy
Vitamins
Minerals
Protein
Crude protein is determined by:
(a)
A symptom of low calcium in the blood of cows following calving is:
milk fever
anemia
grass tetany
goiter
The symptoms of a zinc deficiency include: (mark 1 correct answer)
goiter
parakeratosis
anemia
milk fever
The symptoms of an iodine deficiency include: (mark 1 correct answer)
milk fever
grass tetany
goiter
anemia
Dr. Forsyth has a great regard for what great person of the past for his insight to investigate nutrition by feeding simplified diets, containing only corn and corn plant, or only wheat and wheat plant, or only oats and oat plant, which showed corn-fed cows performed better, and led to the astounding discovery of a whole class of nutrients, the vitamins, that were previously unknown?
Dr. Stephen Babcock
Sr James Lind
Atoine Lavi
Which of the following is not a monosaccharide?
ribose
sucrose
glucose
galactose
which of the following is table sugar?
sucrose
fructose
lactose
glucose
which of the following is blood sugar?
(a)
Water plays an essential role in:
maintaining body temperature
supplying energy
many of the chemical rxns in the bodys
A polyunsaturated fatty acid:
has double bonds between carbons and less H than it could have
is a protein
is a six carbon fatty acid
the difference between starch and cellulose is:
starch is a polysaccharide and cellulose is a disaccharide
a carbohydrate whereas cellulose is a protein
both are composed of glucose and in starch they are connected with alpha bonds whereas in cellulose they are connected with beta bonds
Lignin is:
completely indigestible
associated with carbohydrate fraction of the feed
increases in a plant as the plant matures
decreases the feeding value
all of the above
Excess protein in the diet:
is broken down and used for energy
is stored until it is used
is broken down to AA
Which of the following is the main storage fatty acid in beef fat?
Stearic acid
Lysine
Glutamic acid
Which of the following could result from limiting water to livestock?
poor growth
poor feed intake
increased body temperature
death
all of the above
Which vitamin is not needed in the diet of any farm animals, but is needed in the diet of humans to prevent scurvy?
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Vitamin B-complex
The reason ruminant animals can digest roughages and non-ruminants cannot is because:
ruminants have microbes that ferment the feed in their rumens
large digestive tract
ruminants can produce digestive enzyme cellulase
Why is protein quality a much bigger issue with nonruminants than with ruminants?
because ruminants have bacteria in the rumen which can utilize the contents of low quality proteins to produce the amino acids that they need
the statement is not true
ruminants grow more slowly
True or False: In order to get the maximum productivity from ruminants, including the optimal fermentation in the rumen, it is important to balance rations to provide for the needs of the bacteria
True
False
Which is true about starch and cellulose?
starch and cellulose are both made of the same kind of sugar but the way they are bonded together is different
they are low energy
they are both carbs
Which of the following is not an essential fatty acid:
Pantothenic acid
Linolenic
Arachidonic
What is the most import reason cows can digest hay containing cellulose?
Bacteria in the rumen produce cellulase
Cows chew cud
cows eat many meals per day
Which amino acid is required and contains sulfur?
Methionine
Acetic acid
Folic acid
Which energy value best represents what an animal can actually use for productive purposes?
Net energy
DE
ME
Which energy value is an index of energy on a carbohydrate basis?
Gross energy
TDN
ME
True or False: NDF (Neutral Detergent Fiber) is a newer method that has improved on Crude Fiber determination.
True
False
What VITAMIN would you supplement to prevent Rickets?
(a)
What nutrient would you supply to prevent grass tetany?
(a)
What MINERAL would you supplement to prevent rickets?
(a)
What nutrient would you supplement to prevent pernicious anemia?
(a)
What VITAMIN would you supplement to prevent failure of the blood to clot?
(a)
What nutrient would you supplement to prevent anemia in new-born pigs?
(a)
What nutrient is deficient in the blood in milk fever?
(a)
What vitamin(s) would you supplement to pigs and chickens but not cows?
(a)
What nutrient would you supplement to prevent parakeratosis in pigs?
(a)
What nutrient would you supplement to prevent perosis in chickens?
(a)
What mineral is added at 1000-2000 ppm at weaning in some young pig diets to maintain health?
(a)
What nutrient can be formed in the skin when exposed to sunlight?
(a)
What nutrient corresponds to ascorbic acid?
(a)
What nutrient corresponds to (is the same as or is made from) retinol?
(a)
What nutrient corresponds to (is the same as or is made from) menadione and phyloquinone?
(a)
What nutrient would you supplement to prevent encephalomalacia in birds, stiff lamb disease, white muscle disease, mulberry heat disease, degenerating livers in pigs and peroxidation of tissues by free-radicals in general?
(a)
What nutrient corresponds to (is the same as or is made from) 1,25 di-hydroxycholecalciferol?
(a)
What nutrient would you supplement to prevent night blindness, keritomalacia, poor reproduction, increased incidence of infection, and integrity of epithelial tissues everywhere?
(a)
What nutrient corresponds to (is the same as or is made from) cyanocobalamine?
(a)
What nutrient corresponds to (is the same as or is made from) d-alpha-tocopherol?
(a)
What nutrient corresponds to (is the same as or is made from) carotene?
(a)
What enzyme digests carbohydrates?
(a)
What substance emulsifies fat?
(a)
What substance digests fat from triglycerides to free fatty acids?
(a)
What is the end product of rumen fermentation of carbohydrate?
VFA's
Vitamins
sugars
Name the mycotoxin: Is estrogenic, causing reproductive difficulties
(a)
Name the mycotoxin: Kills horses, mainly
(a)
Name the mycotoxin: Is carcinogenic and deadly
(a)
Which is true of cats?
They require high protein diets
They have a strict requirement for arginine and taurine
They require preformed Vitamin A not carotene
All of the above
True or False: Dogs should be fed meat and meat-by-products, and never grain for energy.
True
False
True or False: Dog feeding is complicated because each breed differs from others so much that diets should be specific for each breed.
True
False
Carbohydrates are made of:
Simple sugars
Amino acids
Vitamins
True or False: Carbohydrates are made of C, H and O, just like fats, but they have much less oxygen than fats.
True
False
Table sugar is:
a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose
a monosaccharide mostly fructose
a polysaccharide
Which of the following is an essential fatty acid?
linoleic acid
glutamic
stearic
Proteins are analyzed by determining the amount of (a) present.
Triglycerides are composed of:
one glycerol and 3 fatty acids
proteins
three glycerids
Proteins are essential in the diet to supply:
(a)
Lipids are the same as:
(a)
The fat soluble vitamins are:
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
all of the above
True or False: Fat soluble vitamins are needed in large quantity for energy.
True
False
True or False: B-complex vitamins are (generally) involved in regulating metabolism in the body.
True
False
The 2 minerals making up most of the bones are:
(a)
Anemia in baby pigs is most likely due to a deficiency of:
(a)
Generally the fat soluble vitamins are used for:
(a)
Salt is important to supply:
Sodium
chloride
water
Lysine is an
(a)
What mineral interacts with Vitamin E, which is necessary to add in our area to keep young pigs alive?
selenium
cobalt
calcium
True or False: Cats are true carnivores and should be fed differently than dogs.
True
False
Match the feeds with the problems associated with them: Alfalfa
(a)
Match the feeds with the problems associated with them: cottonseed meal
(a)
Match the feeds with the problems associated with them: soybean meal
(a)
Match the feeds with the problems associated with them: sweet clover
(a)
Match the feeds with the problems associated with them: tall fescue
(a)
Milk fever:
may be controlled by lowering calcium to get a parathyroid hormone response, then raising calcium after calving
is due to overfeeding grain
is due to a magnesium deficiency
Horses have a special need for what, to avoid colic and keep them healthy?
(a)
Which has a higher need in the diet for protein, for mature animals?
Cats
Pigs
Horses
For which is it legal to use BST and for what purpose?
Dairy cows to increase milk production
Pigs to improve leanness
Sheep to increase twinning
What does CREEP FEEDING mean?
Feeding young animals separately from adult animals
Feeding scary things to animals at Halloween
Feeding beef steers high grain rations to improve marbling
Which best describes the usual use of COMPENSATORY GAIN?
Feeding beef steers and heifers high grain rations in feedlots following feeding on grass
Feeding a dairy cow to recover following lactation
Feeding lambs grain to supplement milk before they are weaned
The abbreviations DIP and UIP refer to:
Protein that is and is not available to the microbes in the rumen
Hormones of the GI tract that help control the digestive process
Digestible and Undigestible Intake Phosphorus
Which of the following is NOT one of the 10 essential amino acids for the rat and pig?
Thiamine
Arginine
Phenylalanine
The MAIN nutritional benefit of feeding corn to animals is to provide (12 points)
(a)
