Agriculture: Grasses and Legumes

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What is the purpose of adding antibiotics to animal feed?

To provide essential nutrients

To promote growth and prevent disease (correct)

To improve palatability

To enhance metabolism

What is the role of ionophores in beef cattle feed?

To reduce methane and improve rumen fermentation efficiency (correct)

To increase growth rate and inhibit estrus

To provide essential nutrients

To enhance palatability

What is the function of the main stomach in carnivorous marine mammals?

Production of HCl and pepsin (correct)

Absorption of nutrients

Filtering of small food particles

Storage of food

What is the purpose of the American Feed Control Officials?

To regulate feed additives and ensure human food safety Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of probiotics in animal feed?

To outcompete disease-causing bacteria Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of MGA (melengestrol acetate) in beef heifers?

To inhibit estrus and increase growth rate Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of cellulose in an animal's diet?

Structure Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the breakdown of glucose to make ATP?

Glycolysis Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of creep feeding in newborn sheep?

To provide carbohydrates Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the movement of water from high to low concentration across a membrane?

Osmosis Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary cause of acidosis in dairy cows?

Feed that is too high in rapidly fermentable carbohydrates Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ratio of energy from protein to energy from fats and carbohydrates?

PE ratio Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the enzyme phytase in the Enviropig?

Breakdown of phytate Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of making new glucose from non-carbohydrate sources in the liver?

Gluconeogenesis Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the omasum in the ruminant digestive system?

Storage of food Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of breakdown of food in the rumen?

Fermentation Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between warm season and cool season grasses?

Warm season grasses grow in higher temperatures Signup and view all the answers

What is the optimal time to harvest legumes?

Between the boot and heading stage Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of parathyroid hormone in calcium homeostasis?

Increases blood calcium levels Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of phosphorus deficiency in animals?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of selenium in animals?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between gross energy and digestible energy?

Gross energy is the total chemical energy, while digestible energy is the energy digested and absorbed Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of copper in animals?

Fe absorption, storage, and metabolism Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of overfeeding phosphorus in monogastric diets?

Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between metabolizable energy and net energy?

Metabolizable energy is the energy available for metabolism, while net energy is the energy available for growth and production Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of calcium deficiency on animal health?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

Agriculture: Grasses and Legumes

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What is the purpose of adding antibiotics to animal feed?

What is the role of ionophores in beef cattle feed?

What is the function of the main stomach in carnivorous marine mammals?

What is the purpose of the American Feed Control Officials?

What is the role of probiotics in animal feed?

What is the purpose of MGA (melengestrol acetate) in beef heifers?

What is the primary function of cellulose in an animal's diet?

What is the term for the breakdown of glucose to make ATP?

What is the purpose of creep feeding in newborn sheep?

What is the term for the movement of water from high to low concentration across a membrane?

What is the primary cause of acidosis in dairy cows?

What is the term for the ratio of energy from protein to energy from fats and carbohydrates?

What is the primary function of the enzyme phytase in the Enviropig?

What is the term for the process of making new glucose from non-carbohydrate sources in the liver?

What is the primary function of the omasum in the ruminant digestive system?

What is the term for the process of breakdown of food in the rumen?

What is the primary difference between warm season and cool season grasses?

What is the optimal time to harvest legumes?

What is the function of parathyroid hormone in calcium homeostasis?

What is the effect of phosphorus deficiency in animals?

What is the function of selenium in animals?

What is the difference between gross energy and digestible energy?

What is the function of copper in animals?

What is the effect of overfeeding phosphorus in monogastric diets?

What is the difference between metabolizable energy and net energy?

What is the effect of calcium deficiency on animal health?

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