| A | B |
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| Feed cost ranges from...... | 20-70% total feed cost |
| Rule of thumb feed cost | 50% |
| Profitiability of livestock depends largely upon... | efficiency of animals |
| Main purpose of raising livestock | To produce a profit |
| List 5 saelable products | Pork, beef, lamb, milk, eggs etc. |
| an ingredient in a ration that helps meet nutritional needs | Feedstuff |
| All feedstuffs that an animal consumes | Diet |
| Classification of fees like corn, oats etc | Grain |
| Grains are (high, low) in Energy | High |
| Where is most of the energy in grains? | Seed |
| Feedstuffs high in fiber? | Forage |
| Target | nutrient requirement needed by an animal |
| When more than one main product is resulted from a raw product | Co-product |
| The left over product after processing | By-product |
| By product of ethanol | DDG's or Gluten |
| Main product of soybeans | Oil |
| By product of sbs | SB Meal |
| NEm | Net Energy for Maintenance |
| List three functions of Maintenance | Heart Rate, Breathing, respiration, body repair, walking |
| Stress | situation that provokes and adaptive response |
| Strain | Adaptive response to stress |
| Strain is a production function? | False It is a maintenance function |
| Excreted when animal is strained | norepinephrine from adrenal medulla |
| Secreted from adrenal cortex | glucocoricoids |
| Farms today are ... | large and specialized |
| Profit margins in livestock are? | Thin profit margin |
| Sending a feestuff in for a test | Quantitative Analysis |
| Analysis tested for.... | nutrient level, ph level, toxins or no toxins |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| CAFOs | Confined Animal Feeding Operations |
| Engineering that did not last for swine industry | HOOP Buildings |
| Unique or unusual genetic sequences | Genetic Polymorphisms |
| Substance that helps gut of animals | Probiotic |
| Time before you can sell animal if fed a drug | Withdrawl period |
| Careers in Animal nutrition Ex: | Feed mill, pet firm, large farm, independent consultant |
| NRC | National Research Council |
