APPLIED RUMINANT NUTRITION (ANSM 321)
Assignment 1 Due date: 20 September 2020
1. Briefly explain the chemostatic and thermostatic theories in relation
to short-term regulation of voluntary feed intake ruminant animals.
[10 Marks]
2. Write short notes on the following feed additives commonly used in
ruminant animal nutrition:
a. Antifungals
b. Antioxidants
c. Buffers
d. Isoacids
e. Salivation inducers [15
Marks]
3. Frothy bloat can occur in ruminants that are reared on pasture and
those that are reared in feedlots. Explain how and why frothy bloat
develops in each of these two feeding systems.
[10 Marks]
4. It is said that ruminants reared in tropical developing countries
contribute more to methane emissions than those reared in temperate
developed countries. Do you think this is true? Explain your position.
[10 Marks]
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Assignment 1 Due date: 20 September 2020
1. Briefly explain the chemostatic and thermostatic theories in relation
to short-term regulation of voluntary feed intake ruminant animals.
[10 Marks]
2. Write short notes on the following feed additives commonly used in
ruminant animal nutrition:
a. Antifungals
b. Antioxidants
c. Buffers
d. Isoacids
e. Salivation inducers [15
Marks]
3. Frothy bloat can occur in ruminants that are reared on pasture and
those that are reared in feedlots. Explain how and why frothy bloat
develops in each of these two feeding systems.
[10 Marks]
4. It is said that ruminants reared in tropical developing countries
contribute more to methane emissions than those reared in temperate
developed countries. Do you think this is true? Explain your position.
[10 Marks]
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