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What is Least Cost Formulation?
Providing all nutrients at the lowest cost
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What are the 6 nutrient categories?
- Water
- Inorganic elements (minerals)
- Protein
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Vitamins
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Which nutrient categories are considered dry matter?
- Inorganic Elements (minerals)
- Protein
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Vitamins
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Which nutrient categories are considered organic matter (composed of C, H, O)?
- Protein
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Vitamins
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Energy is not a nutrient, it is a _____
Property
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Why is Energy not a nutrient?
It can not be added to the diet without adding one or more of the following:
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Generally, different animals do not need different nutrients. However, there are some metabolic differences, what are they?
- Amino Acid Synthesis
- Ultra-trace Minerals
- Vitamin C
- Arachidonic Acid
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What are the general function of the nutrients?
- Structural Material
- Energy
- Regulatin
- Products or Work
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What is nutrition?
The study of taking in and utilization of food/feed
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Why is animal nutrition historically important?
Much current nutrition knowledge was discovered in animals (rats, dogs, pigs, chickens).
Animal models/nutrition continues to be important
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Who was the father of nutrition and what did he discover?
Antoine Laviosier
Animals produce energy by a form of combustion
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What 2 scientists are associated with Beri-Beri and what did they discover?
Christiaan Eijkmann - Polished rice causes beri-beri, feeding rice bran corrected the problem.
Casimir Funk - Isolated responsible compound (Thiamine), coind the term "Vitamine"
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How was Scurvy discovered?
- James Lind
- Controlled feeding experiment
- Lime juice (which contains Vitamin C)
Later, tests done on Guinea Pigs proved that humans cannot synthesize Vitamin C
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Animals contain elements in the form of...
- Water
- Protein
- Lipids
- Inroganic Elements
- Very Little Carbs
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What is the ratio of fat-free element forms in the body?
19:5:1
- 74-76% Water
- 20-22% Protein
- 3-5% Ash
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What are the building blocks for tissues?
- Nitrogen/amino acids
- Fatty acids
- Minerals
- Water
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What influences the amount of nutrient requirements?
- Type of GI tract
- Age & size
- Level & type of productivity
- Bioavailabiity of dietary components
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Requirements of each nutrient depend on...
- Proportion of body mass
- Turnover and losses
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