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Animal Nutrition

Animal Nutrition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsbd4AwqQY4. Objectives. Define nutrition. List the major classes of nutrients and their role in livestock health. Identify sources of nutrients. Nutrition. The process by which animals eat food and use it to live, grow, and reproduce.

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Animal Nutrition

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  1. Animal Nutrition

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsbd4AwqQY4

  3. Objectives • Define nutrition. • List the major classes of nutrients and their role in livestock health. • Identify sources of nutrients.

  4. Nutrition The process by which animals eat food and use it to live, grow, and reproduce.

  5. Nutrient A chemical element or compound that aids in the support of life.

  6. Classes of Nutrients • Water • Protein • Carbohydrates • Minerals • Vitamins • Fat

  7. Water • Largest component of nearly all living things • Solution in which all nutrients are dissolved or suspended for transport • Reacts with compounds to break down food into products that can be used

  8. Protein • Main component of muscles and tissues • Made out of amino acids • Used continuously • Major sources include soybeans, peanuts, cottonseed, and linseed • Oil meal

  9. Carbohydrates • Sugars and starches • Provide energy and heat • Energy obtained is used for growth, maintenance, work, reproduction, and lactation • Sugars (simple and compound) • Found in plant materials • Corn, wheat, barley, oats, and rye

  10. Minerals • Many functions: • Skeleton • Soft tissue and fluids • 15 minerals that are essential to animal health: • Calcium, phosphorus, sodium, chlorine, potassium, sulfur, iron, iodine, cobalt, copper, fluorine, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, zinc

  11. Vitamins • Available in roughages and concentrates • Catalysts for body processes • Part of normal feeds of animals

  12. Fat • Improves palatability, flavor, texture, and energy levels • Increase milk production and fatten meat animals

  13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ9G2LOkxVg&feature=related

  14. Quiz • What is a nutrient? • List 3 of the classes of nutrients. • Name 2 minerals that are essential to animal health.

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