vem 005 Animal Nutrition and Feeding

Food is material that, after ingestion by animals, is capable of being:

Fermented and excreted

Digested, absorbed, and utilized

Stored and converted into minerals

Oxidized only

Digested, absorbed, and utilized

Farm animals generally consume diets made mostly of:

Synthetic vitamins

Plants and plant products

Pure proteins

Animal tissues only

Plants and plant products

Plants synthesize complex materials from simple substances through:

Respiration

Oxidation

Photosynthesis

Fermentation

Photosynthesis

In plants, most trapped energy is stored as:

Heat energy

Mechanical energy

Chemical energy

Nuclear energy

Chemical Energy

Water functions in the body mainly as:

A structural nutrient

A solvent for transport and excretion

A vitamin precursor

A storage protein

A solvent for transport and excretion

Which is NOT one of the three sources of water for animals?

Drinking water

Water in food

Metabolic water

Bath water

Bath Water

Which of the following is an inorganic component of dry matter?

Vitamins

Lipids

Minerals

Proteins

Minerals

The empirical formula commonly used for carbohydrates is:

C6H6

(CH2O)n

NH2COOH

C12H22O11 only

(CH2O)n

Monosaccharides are also commonly called:

Complex sugars

Double sugars

Simple sugars

Storage sugars

Simple sugars

Which subgroup of monosaccharides has the formula C6H12O6?

Pentoses

Tetroses

Heptoses

Hexoses

Hexoses

Which two sugars are the most important naturally occurring hexoses?

Maltose and lactose

Glucose and fructose

Mannose and sucrose

Galactose and cellobiose

Glucose and Fructose

Glucose is also known as:

Fruit sugar

Milk sugar

Grape sugar or dextrose

Malt sugar

Grape sugar or dextrose

Fructose is noted for:

Being less sweet than sucrose

Giving honey its exceptional sweetness

Being found only in milk

Being insoluble in water

Giving honey its exceptional sweetness

Mannose commonly occurs:

Free in blood plasma

Only in milk

In polymerized form as mannan

As the main sugar in honey

In polymerized form as mannan

Galactose is a constituent of:

Sucrose

Lactose

Maltose

Fructose

Lactose

A disaccharide is formed by joining:

Two monosaccharides

Three monosaccharides

Four monosaccharides

Many monosaccharides

Two monosaccharides

The general formula for common disaccharides is:

C6H12O6

C12H22O11

C5H10O5

C7H14O7

C12H22O11

Sucrose is composed of:

Glucose + glucose

Galactose + glucose

Glucose + fructose

Fructose + fructose

Glucose + fructose

Maltose is produced during the hydrolysis of:

Lipids and waxes

Starch and glycogen

Proteins and amino acids

Cellulose and lignin

Starch and glycogen

Lactose is commonly called:

Fruit sugar

Table sugar

Milk sugar

Barley sugar

Milk Sugar

Cellobiose is important because it is the basic repeating unit of:

Starch

Glycogen

Cellulose

Chitin

Cellulose

Polysaccharides generally function as:

Hormones and enzymes only

Energy storage or structural components

Vitamins and minerals

Pigments and acids

Energy storage or structural components

Which polysaccharide is the reserve carbohydrate in many plants?

Glycogen

Starch

Chitin

Cellulose

Starch

The main carbohydrate storage product in the animal body is:

Dextrin

Cellulose

Glycogen

Fructan

Glycogen

Dextrins are:

End products of protein digestion

Intermediate products of starch and glycogen hydrolysis

Fat-soluble vitamins

Structural lipids in membranes

Intermediate products of starch and glycogen hydrolysis

Which substance is the most abundant single polymer in the plant kingdom?

Glycogen

Cellulose

Lignin

Chitin

Cellulose

Lignin is important in animal nutrition because it is:

Easily digested by animals

A source of essential amino acids

Highly resistant to chemical degradation

The main storage sugar in plants

Highly resistant to chemical degradation

Lipids are characterized by being:

Soluble in water only

Insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents

Insoluble in all solvents

Soluble only in acids

Insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents

Phospholipids primarily function as:

Storage sugars

Components of biological membranes

Animal pigments

Digestive enzymes

Components of biological membranes

Taurine deficiency in cats may lead to:

Improved heart function

Retinal degeneration and dilated cardiomyopathy

Increased starch digestion

Bone overgrowth

Retinal degeneration and dilated cardiomyopathy

The most extensively produced and most widely used energy feed grain is:

Oats

Corn

Rye

Wheat bran

Corn

Sorghum is especially produced in:

Wet mountainous areas only

Semi-arid areas where corn does not grow well

Flooded rice areas

Cold alpine regions only

Semi-arid areas where corn does not grow well

Wheat feeding in cattle may contribute to:*

Scurvy

Acidosis

Goiter

Milk fever

Acidosis

Production of this meal has been discouraged due to the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Blood Meal

Fishmeal

Feather Meal

Meat and Bone Meal

Meat and Bone Meal

Soybean meal is considered:

A poor protein feed for all animals

A widely used high-protein feed with high biological value

Suitable only for horses

Mainly a mineral supplement

A widely used high-protein feed with high biological value

Beri Beri

Ascorbic Acid

Thiamin

Riboflavin

Pantothenic Acid

Thiamin

Night Blindness

Retinol

Cholecalciferol

Tocopherol

Vitamin K

Retinol

Goose-stepping gait

Ascorbic Acid

Thiamin

Riboflavin

Pantothenic Acid

Pantothenic Acid

Perosis

Pyridoxine

Biotin

Choline

Retinol

Choline

Clotting Problems

Retinol

Cholecalciferol

Tocopherol

Vitamin K

Vitamin K

Scurvy

Ascorbic Acid

Thiamin

Riboflavin

Pantothenic Acid

Ascorbic Acid

Curled toe paralysis

Ascorbic Acid

Thiamin

Riboflavin

Pantothenic Acid

Riboflavin

Mulberry Heart Disease

Retinol

Cholecalciferol

Tocopherol

Vitamin K

Tocopherol

Convulsions due to glutamic acid accumulation

Pantothenic Acid

Pyridoxine

Biotin

Choline

Pyridoxine

Rickets

Retinol

Cholecalciferol

Tocopherol

Vitamin K

Cholecalciferol

FLKS

Pyridoxine

Biotin

Choline

Retinol

Biotin

Pining

Copper

Cobalt

Iodine

Selenium

Cobalt

Endemic goitre

Copper

Cobalt

Iodine

Selenium

Iodine

Alkalosis

Iodine

Selenium

Chlorine

Zinc

Chlorine

Pica

Calcium

Magnesium

Phosphorus

Iron

Phosphorus

Parakeratosis

Iodine

Selenium

Chlorine

Zinc

Zinc

Milk fever

Calcium

Magnesium

Phosphorus

Iron

Calcium

Ill thrift

Iodine

Selenium

Chlorine

Zinc

Selenium

Grass tetany

Calcium

Magnesium

Phosphorus

Iron

Magnesium

Swayback

Coppe

Cobalt

Iodine

Selenium

Copper

Anemia

Calcium

Magnesium

Phosphorus

Iron

Iron