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Worksheet
Topic # 3045
Digestion
Adapted by: Tracey Hoffman
Source: Animal Science Biology & Technology, IPP
1.
What are the six essential nutrients in the diets of animals?
2.
True or False. Water accounts for 20 percent of total body weight.
3.
Protein consists of nitrogen containing building blocks called __________________.
4.
Give two examples of simple carbohydrates.
5.
List the fat-soluble vitamins.
6.
Which vitamin helps to regulate blood clotting?
7.
Are chromium and cobalt macro or micro/minerals?
8.
Food moves through the esophagus by involuntary muscle contractions called
________________.
9.
Which part of the poultry digestive tract grinds food?
10.
Name three different forages.
11.
What are the four parts of a ruminant stomach?

12.
What organism digests cellulose in a ruminant stomach?
13.
Describe a symbiotic relationship.
14.
Compare the function of a horse’s cecum to a cow’s rumen.
15.
sContrast the use of microbial protein in cattle and horses.