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| What is a balance for an animal is a mixture of feeds which have proper nutrient content, meets any and all restrictions, can be consumed in adequate quantity, and nutrient concentrations are expressed as % or amount per kg? |
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| What is similar to a diet, but is the 24 hr allotment of feed given to an animal and just like a diet it is a mixture of feeds which have proper nutrient content, meets all restrictions, can be consumed in adequate quantity, but the nutrient concentration is expressed as amounts per day? |
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| To achieve production efficiency, diets and rations are formulated at what cost? |
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| Why would it be efficient for diets and rations to use a variety of feedstuff? |
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| What % of producing animal cost goes to feed? |
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| What 2 reasons are diets and rations formulated to meet minimum nutrient requirements? |
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| Cost and Excess goes into the environment |
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| What term is used to represent animal protein product on labels that saves on reprinting? |
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| What animals don't use the collective term on feed products? |
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| What is the 1 st step in formulating diets and rations using weight, age, gender, species, production level, and reproduction phase? |
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| Identification of the animal to be fed |
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| What is the 2nd step in formulating diets and rations? |
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| Determine the animals nutrient requirements |
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| What 2 ways are the requirements listed? |
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| As Nutrient concentration and As Daily nutrients per animal |
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| What 2 animals are the exceptions to requirements? |
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| Lactating dairy cow and Beef feedlot cattle |
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| How is lactating dairy cows maintenance requirement based on? |
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| How is lactating dairy cows milk production requirement based on? |
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| Milk fat% and Pounds of milk produced |
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| Where are the animals nutrient requirements found? |
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| NRC are general and allowances may have to be made based on what situations? |
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| Normally diets and rations are not individually balanced for each nutrient required. Why? |
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| Balanced for First Limiting (rest should be met) |
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| What are the 5 nutrients of concern for all animals? |
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| Ca, P, Protein and amino acids, Energy, and Vitamin A and E |
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| What is the 3rd step in formulating diets and rations using availability and suitability for the animal being fed, nutrient content and cost per unit of nutrient? |
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| What is the base ingredient for ruminants and equine diets and rations? |
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| What is the base ingredient for non ruminant diets and rations? |
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| Feedstuff composition must be expressed in the same basis as what? |
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| What is the 4th step in formulating diets and rations? |
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| Balance the diet and ration |
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| In the initial approach of balancing the diet and ration what 3 things need to be determined? |
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| Nutrient concentration in diet, Daily requirement for ration, and Determine fixed ingredients |
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| To balance the variable ingredients what are the 4 approaches? |
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| Trial and error, Pearson square, Algebraic equations, and Simultaneous equations |
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| Which approach is the oldest and is common in the meat industry to determine lean and fat trimmings? |
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