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| Consumption of what species is growing the fastest? |
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| What happens to most milk in the world? |
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| It's processed into cheese. |
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| List two non-food byproducts of meat animal slaughter? |
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| List and explain one example of how animals contribute to human health care or medical research? |
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| Animals are experimented on in lab settings to develop cures or test medicines. |
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| List and explain 2 types of stress livestock experience. |
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Climatic - temperature change causes stress.
Social - the animals around them cause stress.
Nutritional - animals might not be getting the nutrients they need.
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| water, carbohydrates, protein, lipids, vitamins, minerals |
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| List the three forestomachs of ruminant livestock? |
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| What is the major site of microbial fermentation in the ruminant animal? |
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| The first limiting amino acid in pig diets is... |
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| The first limiting amino acid in poultry diets is... |
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| The degree to which a substance can be broken down and absorbed by the digestive tract of the body. |
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| The major site of water absorption in cats and dogs |
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| Horses cannot do what? and this causes what? |
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| Horses can't vomit which causes gastric upset or colic. |
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| What does fermentation produce? |
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| The concept of first limiting amino acids are usually not of concern for what? |
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| Sheep and beef cattle nutrition |
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| Discuss what gastric torsion is and strategies to avoid its occurrence in dogs. |
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| Gastric torsion is twisting of the stomach. It can be prevented by feeding multiple small meals and always having water available. Happens mostly in large breeds. |
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| Describe what happens when a cow experiences frothy bloat. |
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| There is a bulge on the left side, and the cow can't eructate. |
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| List and explain a couple of strategies to prevent frothy bloat. |
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| Do not turn out livestock first thing in the morning, make sure they have hay, and roll or crack their grain. |
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| What is reticular groove, and why is it a good thing for a newborn lamb to have? |
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| It's a flap of skin separating the rumen from the esophagus. It's good because milk would not be digested properly by the rumen. |
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| any substance used as animal feed |
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| feed stored under anaerobic conditions |
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| the process by which mucus covered soft pellets are expelled from the intestine and consumed by animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs. |
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| Fiber rich feedstuff (> or = to 18% crude fiber) with highly digestible energy value |
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| loss of nutrients in a feed through exposure to the elements |
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| hooved animals that have a rumen and chew their cud. |
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| Parts of the plant left after grain harvest |
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| a substance in the diet that supports the normal functions of the body |
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| small fingerlike projections that greatly increase the surface area of the gastrointestinal tract |
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| dissimilar organisms living together or in close association to the mutual benefit of both organisms |
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| the science of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics |
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| The study of physical and chemical processes of an animal or any of the body systems or cells of the body |
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| the process of improving a livestock by consecutive matings with genetically superior animals |
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| The sum of the changes an animal makes in response to environmental stimuli |
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| Species of animal controlled by humans and adapted to live with humans |
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| the study of domestic animal behavior |
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| A measurement of the nutrients found in a food compared to caloric content |
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| A state of physical, emotional, or chemical strain or tension on the body |
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| Any living disease-producing agent |
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| One of several poisonous compounds produced by some microorganisims, plants, and animals |
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| Physical exertion as a production function |
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| List in order of contribution to world meat supplies the 3 major meat species (highest to lowest). |
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