General Nutrition

Objectives

A.1.1. Students will be able to define nutrition.

A.1.2. Students will be able to list nutrients and subclasses of nutrients.

A.1.3. Students will be able to justify the need for nutrients in the diet and will be able to

explain how nutrients are provided to livestock animals.

Required Reading

1. Cheeke and Dierenfeld. 2013. Comparative animal nutrition and metabolism. Chapter 1.

4. 3-9.

General Vocabulary

1. Nutrition

2. Diet Formulation

3. Nutrient

4. Nutrient Allocation

5. Metabolism

6. Catabolism

7. Anabolism

8. Enzyme

9. Proenzyme/Zymogen

10. Lumen

11. Autoenzymatic

12. Alloenzymatic

Discussion Outline

A.1.1. What is Nutrition?

A.1.2. Nutrients

a. Water

b. Protein

c. Carbohydrates

d. Lipids/Fats

e. Minerals

f. Vitamins

A.1.3. Enzyme vs. Proenzyme/Zymogen

A.1.4 Metabolism

a. Catabolism vs. Anabolism

A.1.5. Lumen

A.1.6. Digestion

a. Autoenzymatic vs Alloenzymatic