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Activity
Nutrition
Topic #3040
Ashlee Gibson
Around the room are different feed materials to identify and to answer
questions. In groups of 3-4 you will move around the room to the different
stations. Please do not move to a different station until I say switch. Make sure
that you are looking at the correct station letter on your sheet.
STATION A
Corn Vs. Oats
Each container contains the same volume of corn and oats. (both of the
containers also weights the same.)
Weigh each of the containers
Weight of corn __________________
Weight of oats ____________________
Why does one weigh more than the other if they are the same volume?
Corn will weigh more
In respect to fiber which would have more fiber, corn or oats? How can you tell?
What type of digestive system is fiber the most important for and why?
STATION B
List 5 things that are included in both of the feed labels?
How much protein is in each of the feed labels?
Which feed ration would you feed to a group of starter pigs and why?
STATION D
Haylage vs. Hay
What is the difference between the way that each of these is harvested and
stored?
Hay is cut and left to dry and baled. Haylage is cut and then chopped and
stored either in piles or in agbags
Which one has more dry matter?
Hay
If you were feeding haylage to one pen of heifers and hay to another, which pen
of heifers would be drinking more water and why? Or would there even be a
difference?
Heifers fed the haylage will drink less because there is a higher amount of
water content in their feed
STATION C
Corn, Corn, Corn……and Corn
Corn comes in many different processed forms. Identify each form and write a
short description about each.
Corn type Cracked corn______________________________
Description:_______________________________________________________
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Corn type Shelled Corn__________________________________
Description:_______________________________________________________
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Corn type High Moisture Corn____________________________
Description:_______________________________________________________
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Corn type Ground or rolled Corn_________________________
Description:_______________________________________________________
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Corn type Ear Corn______________________________________
Description:_______________________________________________________
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STATION F
Place a small amount of each of the feed materials into the bags and tape to this
sheet.
Name of Feed Material
Nutrient type
Example
Wheat
Carbohydrate
Grain Sorghum
Carbohydrate
Oats
Carbohydrate
Barley
Carbohydrate
Soybean Meal
Protein
Key for Lab 3041
Nutrients and Nutrition
Anna Blight
Objective:
Student will be able to identify feeds and categorize according to nutrients requirements
Materials:
Silage
Haylage
Alfalfa and Clover Hay
High moisture corn
Dried corn
Oats
Soybean Meal
Cotton Meal
Salt/Mineral Block
Canola Meal
Dry Milk Products
Wheat
Vitamin Supplements
Procedure:
Identify feeds for students.
Ask students to arrange feeds according to category of concentrate or roughage, and note
on lab sheet.
Then ask students to identify feeds according to nutrient supplied by the feed: water,
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, and vitamins.
Concentrates
Corn, oats, soybean meal, cotton meal, canola meal, dry milk products, wheat,
vitamin supplements
Roughages
Alfalfa and clover hays, legume or grass haylage, and corn silage
Water
High moisture corn and forages, water supply
Carbohydrates
Corn, oats, wheat, alfalfa and clover hays, haylage, silage, soybean meal, cotton
meal, canola meal, dry milk products
Fats
Corn, meals, dry milk products
Minerals
Mineral / Salt block
Vitamins
Vitamin supplements