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AGR 300 Exam Questions and Answers: Animal Nutrition and Digestion, Exams of Veterinary

A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to animal nutrition and digestion, covering key concepts such as nutrient requirements, digestive processes, and the anatomy of different digestive systems. It is a valuable resource for students studying animal science, agriculture, or related fields.

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AGR 300 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
What are the most important nutrients needed at high levels? -- Answer ✔✔ calcium
and phosphorus
What is the NRCS requirements for a horse? -- Answer CP 8.5%
What is the NRCS requirements for cattle? -- Answer CP 9.5%
Prehension -- Answer ✔✔ taking in feed and water
mastication -- Answer ✔✔ reducing feed size (chewing)
deglutition -- Answer ✔✔ swallowing
regurgitation -- Answer ✔✔ casting up of undigested material
digestion -- Answer ✔✔ breakdown of feed into absorbable products
-mechanical
-chemical
-enzyme activity
absorption -- Answer ✔✔ transfer of substances from GIT tract to circulation blood or
lymphatic system
anabolism -- Answer ✔✔ growth/building process
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AGR 300 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS

What are the most important nutrients needed at high levels? -- Answer ✔✔ calcium and phosphorus What is the NRCS requirements for a horse? -- Answer ✔✔ CP 8.5% What is the NRCS requirements for cattle? -- Answer ✔✔ CP 9.5% Prehension -- Answer ✔✔ taking in feed and water mastication -- Answer ✔✔ reducing feed size (chewing) deglutition -- Answer ✔✔ swallowing regurgitation -- Answer ✔✔ casting up of undigested material digestion -- Answer ✔✔ breakdown of feed into absorbable products

  • mechanical
  • chemical
  • enzyme activity absorption -- Answer ✔✔ transfer of substances from GIT tract to circulation blood or lymphatic system anabolism -- Answer ✔✔ growth/building process

catabolism -- Answer ✔✔ breakdown/ destruction reactions metabolism -- Answer ✔✔ combo of anabolic and catabolic reactions occurring in the body--> energy excretion -- Answer ✔✔ getting rid of waste herbivores -- Answer ✔✔ consuming plants carnivores -- Answer ✔✔ consuming meats omnivores -- Answer ✔✔ consuming both plants and meats frothing -- Answer ✔✔ cattle> microorganisms in rumen rot because of imbalanced ph Monogastric digestive system -- Answer ✔✔ pig, horse, dog, cat

  • single compartment stomach
  • poor use of fibrous feeds (except horse) What do the lips assists in? -- Answer ✔✔ prehension what do the cheeks and teeth assist in? -- Answer ✔✔ cheeks: mastication and chewing teeth: prehension/ mastication also for the soft/ hard palate salivary glands -- Answer ✔✔ they secrete:
  • parotoid
  • submaxillary
  • sublingual :composition-water, palpability

bile cecum of horses -- Answer ✔✔ microbial inoculation vat

  • microbes break down forages further (within large intestine) feline -- Answer ✔✔ true carnivores very high stomach acid 20 hrs. of eating/ largest small intestine Ruminants -- Answer ✔✔ - no upper incisors
  • can only chew on one side of mouth at a time
  • 4 compartment stomach stomach of ruminant: -- Answer ✔✔ - reticulum secretes no enzymes, walls lined with mucus, moves feed to rumen, aids in regurgitation
  • rumen walls lined with papillae 6 - 8 weeks to develop in calves
    • storage
    • soaking
    • physical breaking/mixing
    • bacterial synthesis
    • breakdown of fibrous feeds
  • omasum wall secretes no enzymes, absorption,
  • abomasum true glandular stomach, secretion of enzymes