ANSC 100 UIUC ; Nutrition
The digestive tract of a _____ is most similar to humans.
Cow
Sheep
Horse
Pig - ✔✔Pig
Rumen bacteria produce _____ that the animal uses for energy.
Minerals
Oils
Volatile fatty acids (V
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ANSC 100 UIUC ; Nutrition
The digestive tract of a _____ is most similar to humans.
Cow
Sheep
Horse
Pig - ✔✔Pig
Rumen bacteria produce _____ that the animal uses for energy.
Minerals
Oils
Volatile fatty acids (VFA)
Carbohydrates - ✔✔Volatile fatty acids (VFA)
Which of the following means "the process of making food absorbable by mechanically
and enzymatically breaking it down into simpler chemical compounds?
Digestion
Metabolism
Rumination
Absorption - ✔✔Digestion
One example of Saccharide is:
Cellulose
Starch
Pectin
Fructose - ✔✔Fructose
A beef cow consumes 30 lbs. of grass hay(as-fed basis) daily. The grass hay is 80% dry
matter. How much dry matter from the hay is she consuming?
18
28
16
24 - ✔✔24
Which of the following is NOT involved in rumination?
Remastication
Eructation
Absorption
Deglutition
Regurgitation - ✔✔Absorption
If an animal consumed 5kg of protein and produced feces containing 2kg of protein, the
apparent digestibility of the protein would be:
40%
60%
30%
50% - ✔✔60%
_____ is the process of expelling gas from the rumen.
Rumination
Digestion
Eructation
Regurgitation - ✔✔Eructation
The melting point of saturated fats are higher than those of unsaturated fats.
True or False - ✔✔True
Energy is a nutrient
True/ False - ✔✔False
The primary function of dietary fat is to:
Be used for energy
Provide osmotic balance
Act as cofactors in reactions
Make protein - ✔✔Be used for energy
The primary function of dietary carbohydrates is to:
Provide energy
Make protein
Provide osmotic balance
Act as cofactors in reactions - ✔✔Provide energy
____ occurs in the stomach of monogastric animals.
Storage of ingested feed
Physical breakdown of feed
Absorption of nutrients
Both A and B
Both B and C - ✔✔Both A and B
Animals do not have a specific requirement for protein.
True or False - ✔✔True
___ is an example of a carbohydrate
Copper
Glucose
Water
Acetate - ✔✔Glucose
The advantage of ruminants over non-ruminants is their ability yo use:
Oils
Concentrates
Roughage or Forages
Minerals - ✔✔Roughage or Forages
The acid detergent fiber (ADF) method measures all of the following except _______.
Cellulose
Pectin
Lignin
Hemicellulose
All of the above - ✔✔Hemicellulose
Net energy is equal to:
Gross energy - Fecal energy
Gross energy- Fecal energy and Urinary/Gas energy
Metabolizable energy - Energy lost as heat
Gross energy - net energy - ✔✔Metabolizable energy - Energy lost as heat
___ is the nutrient that is most critical for animal survival.
Minerals
Energy
Carbohydrates
Water - ✔✔Water
Which of the following ingredients contains the most energy for animals?
Hay
Silage
Corn
Oat Straw - ✔✔Corn
The ____ is responsible for mechanical digestion in the avian digestive tract.
Cloaca
Crop
Gizzard
Provintriculus - ✔✔Gizzard
To calculate nitrogen from crude protein (CP), one should:
Multiply CP by 6.25
Divide CP by 16
Divide CP by 6.25
Multiply CP by 16 - ✔✔Divide CP by 16
A ruminant animal converts carbohydrates to which of the following in the rumen?
Proteins
Minerals
Acetate
Butterate - ✔✔Acetate
The animal with the largest proportion of its gastrointesinal tract in the large intestine is:
Pig
Horse
Two of these are the same
Sheep - ✔✔Horse
Digestible energy is equal to:
Gross Energy - Net Energy
Gross Energy - Fecal Energy and Urinary/Gas Energy
Net Energy - Urinary/Gas Energy
Gross Energy- Fecal Energy - ✔✔Gross Energy- Fecal Energy
The acid detergent fiber (NDF) method m
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