ANSC 221 final Exam Questions With
100% Correct Answers 2026-2027
Updated.
Which of the feeding schemes best fits feeding growing pigs? - Answer Corn + Soybean meal +
Vit. + Minerals
Which of the feeding schemes is only appropriate for feeding beef cows following fall weaning?
- Answer Corn stalks or Wheat straw or corn cobs + small amount of corn +SBM + minerals
Which of the feeding schemes best fits lactating dairy cows? - Answer 50% corn & SBM + 25%
corn silage + 25% alfalfa hay
Which of the feeding schemes best fits feeding beef cows at breeding time? - Answer good
hay or pasture with salt and/or free choice minerals
Which of the feeding schemes best fits feeding broiler chickens? - Answer Corn + Soybean
meal + Vit. + Minerals
Which of the feeding schemes best fits feeding steers the last 60 days in a feedlot? - Answer
80 to 90% corn or corn silage with supplement + 10 to 20% hay
(T or F) The most palatable feeds available will be used for the high producing dairy cow in order
to achieve high feed intake - Answer True
(T or F) Rations should be formulated on a crude protein basis for cattle, but on a lysine basis for
swine and poultry - Answer True
(T or F) A good source of protein in swine and poultry diets is urea. - Answer False (Death to
non ruminants)
(T or F) A feed with about the same feeding value as soybean meal for cattle is cottonseed meal
- Answer True
(T or F) Without microbes in the rumen, ruminants could not digest hay and other feeds
containing cellulose any better than we can. - Answer True
, (T or F) Corn and other grains are fed primarily for their protein content. - Answer False
(energy content)
(T or F) A big difference between ruminants and non ruminants is that ruminants rely on VFA's
much more for their source of energy. - Answer True
The fat soluble vitamins are: - Answer Vitamins A, D, E, K
(T or F) Fat soluble vitamins are needed in large quantity for energy. - Answer False (small
quantity)
(T or F) B complex vitamins are (generally) involved in regulating metabolism in the body -
Answer True
The 2 minerals making up most of the bones are: - Answer Calcium and phosphorous
Anemia in baby pigs is most likely due to a deficiency of: - Answer Iron
Generally the fat soluble vitamins are used for: - Answer Maintaining the structures of the
body
Salt is important to animals to supply: - Answer Sodium and chloride
Lysine is: - Answer An essential amino acid
Minerals that interact with Vitamin E, which is not necessary to add in our area to keep young
pigs alive: - Answer Selenium
What structure in the horse allows it to utilize large amounts of forage? - Answer Cecum
(T or F) A balance of amino acids in the protein of the ration is much more important to the
horse than it is to the cow. - Answer True
(T or F) Nutrient demand is highest at the time of conception. - Answer False (Lactation)
The reason B vitamins are not added routinely to beef cattle diets is that - Answer beef cattle
are provided with B vitamins naturally through the bacterial fermentation that takes place in the
rumen.
100% Correct Answers 2026-2027
Updated.
Which of the feeding schemes best fits feeding growing pigs? - Answer Corn + Soybean meal +
Vit. + Minerals
Which of the feeding schemes is only appropriate for feeding beef cows following fall weaning?
- Answer Corn stalks or Wheat straw or corn cobs + small amount of corn +SBM + minerals
Which of the feeding schemes best fits lactating dairy cows? - Answer 50% corn & SBM + 25%
corn silage + 25% alfalfa hay
Which of the feeding schemes best fits feeding beef cows at breeding time? - Answer good
hay or pasture with salt and/or free choice minerals
Which of the feeding schemes best fits feeding broiler chickens? - Answer Corn + Soybean
meal + Vit. + Minerals
Which of the feeding schemes best fits feeding steers the last 60 days in a feedlot? - Answer
80 to 90% corn or corn silage with supplement + 10 to 20% hay
(T or F) The most palatable feeds available will be used for the high producing dairy cow in order
to achieve high feed intake - Answer True
(T or F) Rations should be formulated on a crude protein basis for cattle, but on a lysine basis for
swine and poultry - Answer True
(T or F) A good source of protein in swine and poultry diets is urea. - Answer False (Death to
non ruminants)
(T or F) A feed with about the same feeding value as soybean meal for cattle is cottonseed meal
- Answer True
(T or F) Without microbes in the rumen, ruminants could not digest hay and other feeds
containing cellulose any better than we can. - Answer True
, (T or F) Corn and other grains are fed primarily for their protein content. - Answer False
(energy content)
(T or F) A big difference between ruminants and non ruminants is that ruminants rely on VFA's
much more for their source of energy. - Answer True
The fat soluble vitamins are: - Answer Vitamins A, D, E, K
(T or F) Fat soluble vitamins are needed in large quantity for energy. - Answer False (small
quantity)
(T or F) B complex vitamins are (generally) involved in regulating metabolism in the body -
Answer True
The 2 minerals making up most of the bones are: - Answer Calcium and phosphorous
Anemia in baby pigs is most likely due to a deficiency of: - Answer Iron
Generally the fat soluble vitamins are used for: - Answer Maintaining the structures of the
body
Salt is important to animals to supply: - Answer Sodium and chloride
Lysine is: - Answer An essential amino acid
Minerals that interact with Vitamin E, which is not necessary to add in our area to keep young
pigs alive: - Answer Selenium
What structure in the horse allows it to utilize large amounts of forage? - Answer Cecum
(T or F) A balance of amino acids in the protein of the ration is much more important to the
horse than it is to the cow. - Answer True
(T or F) Nutrient demand is highest at the time of conception. - Answer False (Lactation)
The reason B vitamins are not added routinely to beef cattle diets is that - Answer beef cattle
are provided with B vitamins naturally through the bacterial fermentation that takes place in the
rumen.
