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Feeds and Feeding
dairy science
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 1
06/07/2011

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Term
Hypocalcaemia causes what disease?
Definition
Milk Fever
Term
This Mineral is needed for production of vitamin B12
Definition
Cobalt
Term
This vitamin and mineral help prevent retained placenta
Definition
Selenium and Vitamin E
Term
Book is leading authority on nutrient requiremens of dairy cattle
Definition
NRC
Term
Name 5 Macro minerals
Definition

Ca

Cl

Na

Fe

K

Term
Name 5 Micro minerals
Definition

Se

Cu

Co

Mn

Zn

Term
Ration is considered balanced when
Definition
Requirement= Input
Term

What minerals are regulated by FDA?

 

Definition

Selenium and Iodine

 

they are toxic, Se can be .3ppm and Iodine can be .6ppm

Term

True or False:

 

The nutrient requirements for lactating and dry cows is expressed on a "dry matter basis"

Definition
True
Term
This mineral is toxic in high amounts and used as a foot bath for dairy cows
Definition
Copper
Term
This mineral deficiency causes white muscle disease in calves
Definition
Selenium
Term
What minerals are antagonistic to each other in the animal body?
Definition
Fe and Ca
Term

True or False:

 

The limit for pasturella in feeds is 20ppb

Definition
False
Term
What Vitamin normally is synthesized in adequate amounts in the rumen and intestine to meet animals needs
Definition
Vitamin K
Term

Definition:

 

Nitrate Toxicity

Definition

Too much nitrogen in the hay from the shit water

 

animal can suffocate

Term

Definitin:

 

Prussic acid poisoning

Definition

Extreme heat or cold on the sorgum or sudan grass causing stress on the grass and Cyanide can form

 

Hydrocyanic acid

Term

Definition:

 

Phase feeding

Definition

feeding different types of feed in phases post lactation to adjust to body changes.

 

reason why? Economics

Term

Definition:

 

Acidosis

Definition
Increased levels of grain that lower pH levels and can lead to a DA
Term

Definition:

 

Transition Cow ration

Definition

Getting cows rumen adjusted to new feed by not interferring with RMO's 

 

(less nutrients in dry cows)

Term
Fats are composed of
Definition
Glycerol and fatty acids
Term
Name two oil seeds
Definition
canola and cottonseed
Term
name 2 storage methods for forages
Definition
haylage and silage
Term

True or False:

 

Fats contain as much energy and the same elements as carbs

Definition
False
Term
Name 3 sources of fat for dairy cows
Definition

Oil

 

Feed

 

Megalac

Term
Name 3 protein feeds
Definition

distillers grain

 

Blood meal

 

soybean meal

Term
Name 3 Energy feeds
Definition

Rice bran

 

Beet pulp

 

Rolled corn

Term
Name 3 roughages
Definition

Oat hay

 

Alfalfa hay

 

Corn silage

Term
Name 2 bi-products from corn processing
Definition

distillers grain

 

corn germ meal

Term
Name 3 legume feeds
Definition

Alfalfa

 

Clover

 

Beans

Term
Legume plants are notable for their ability to fix nitrogen from the air thanks to symbiotic relationship with 
Definition
Rhyzomes in the root nodules
Term

Whole cottonseed contains the plant toxin

 

Definition
Gossypol
Term
What is the difference between True protein and Crude Protein
Definition

True protein only consists of the nitrogen associated with the protein

 

Crude protein is the total nitrogen contenfrom both protein and non-protein sources

Term

True or False:

 

Ensiling a feed does not increase or decrease its nutritive value

Definition
False
Term

True or False: 

 

Silage fermentation is considered complete when pH level reaches 4 and the Acetic acid levels are adequate for preservation

Definition
False
Term
Name two by-pass proteins
Definition

Fish meal

 

Blood meal

Term

True or False:

 

Ruminant meat and bone meal is a prohibited mammalian protein law

Definition
True
Term
List 2 mineral sources for dairy cows
Definition

Limestone

 

Salt

Term
Two processing methods for grains
Definition

Rolled

 

Crimped

Term
Name 2 feed additives and explain mode of action
Definition

Rumensin: antibiotic, kills bacteria

Increases feed efficiency

Decreases acetic acid and CH4

 

Yeast: effects rumen digestion

Increase feed efficiency

Term
Difference between as fed, as recieved, dry and 90% dry
Definition

As Fed: the sample exactly the way it will be fed

 

As Received: is now when it is received at the lab/farm

 

Dry: is dry matter

 

Dry 90%: has 10% water

Term

Definition:

 

NDF

Definition

Neutral Detergent Fiber

 

asses carb components in hay

 

cellulose and lignin

Term

Definition:

 

NE (L)

Definition

Net energy in lactation

 

(mcal)

Term

Definition:

 

Rumen Mat

Definition
The layer that seperates the liquids and solids in rumen
Term

Definition:

 

Structural Carbs

Definition

Cellulose

 

disacharide

Term

Definition:

 

Lignin

Definition
Glue that holds wood together- indegestable
Term

Definition:

 

Bolus

 

Definition
Large partical regurgitated food
Term

Definition:

 

Eructation

Definition

Belching

 

Getting rid of fermentation gases

Term

Definition:

 

Metabolic Water

Definition
Water produced by living cells
Term

Definition:

 

Symbiosis

Definition
one cannot live without water
Term

Definition:

 

Rumination

Definition
When cow regurgitates bolus for rechewing so it can easily be digested
Term
Name gases that are formed during rumen fermentation
Definition

Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrogen

 

Comes from fermentation of feed

Term
Name 3 volatile fatty acids (VFA's) and where do they come from
Definition

Acetic, Butyric and Proprionic

 

Created through fermentation in intestine

Term
Name 4 regions found in ruminant stomach
Definition

Omasum

 

Abomasum

 

Rumen

 

Reticulum

Term

Definition:

 

Rumen

Definition

Breaks down feed and nutrients

 

Where fermentation occurs

Term

Definition:

 

Reticulum

Definition

used to seperate large feed out

 

also known as rumino reticulum

Term

Definition:

 

Omasum

Definition
Extracts water
Term

Definition:

 

Abomasum

Definition

True stomach

 

enzymes secreated for digestion

Term
Ruminant animals
Definition

Cow

Giraffe

Deer

Sheep

Goat

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