KEY FOR QUIZ 3:
NUTRIENTS AND NUTRITION
Topic # 3041
Anna Blight
1. A nutrient is any feed constituent that functions in the support of life.
2. Most animal feeds are classified as concentrates and roughages.
3. Cereal grains include corn, wheat, barley, oats, and milo.
4. The six basic classes of nutrients are water, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins,
and
minerals.
Match the chemical elements with its symbol
Magnesium Mg
Sodium
Na
Carbon
C
Calcium
Ca
Nitrogen
N
Oxygen
O
Hydrogen
H
Potassium
K
Phosphorus P
Give one feed that is a component of each catagory
Concentrates
Corn, oats, soybean meal, cotton meal, canola meal, dry milk products, wheat,
vitamin supplements
Supply of protein, and carbohydrates
Roughages
Alfalfa and clover hays, legume or grass haylage, and corn silage
Used by microbes in the ruminant gut in a beneficial relationship with the animal
Water
High moisture corn and forages
Most important nutrient, helps maintain normal body temperature
Carbohydrates
Corn, oats, wheat, alfalfa and clover hays, haylage, silage, soybean meal, cotton
meal, canola meal, dry milk products
Major energy source
Fats
Corn, meals, dry milk products
Primary energy, 2.25 times energy / pound than carbohydrates
Minerals
Mineral / Salt block
Vitamins
Vitamin supplements