ASC 378 Exam 4 Questions With Complete Solutions
A Cobalamin (B12) deficiency in rats and pigs causes what?
Correct Answers slow growth, nervousness, and irritability
A synthetic growth hormone that was approved for increased
milk production in dairy cattle is known as Correct Answers
Bovine somatotropin (BST)
An animal is showing some signs of fatigues and has rising
levels of pyruvic and lactic acids in its blood and tissues.
Explain why this is occurring and which tissues are primarily
affected. Correct Answers The animal has low level of
thiamine (vit B1). the muscle and nerve tissues are affected
Antivitamin Correct Answers Compounds that inhibit vitamins
in one way or the other
Avidin is a protein in egg white, is an antagonistic to what water
soluble vitamin? Correct Answers biotin
Briefly describe how choline is different from the other B
vitamins Correct Answers Does not serve as metabolic
catalysts, Rather as a structural component of tissues.
chemical formula for vitamin A Correct Answers C20H30O
Chemical formula of biotin Correct Answers C10H16O3N2S
Chemical formula of choline Correct Answers C5H14NO+
, deficiency symptoms of Riboflavin (B2) Correct Answers -
alopecia in rats (hairloss)
- curled toe paralysis in chicks (chicks walk on their hock with
their toes curled)
describe the effect of overwintering on vitamin A in beef cattle?
Correct Answers Overwintering of beef cattle on forage will
lead to the liver releasing vitamin A to the plasma. the longer the
wintering period, the more empty the liver becomes, and the
lower the plasma level of vitamin A becomes.
Describe the mode of action of activated carbon Correct
Answers Fed at the rate of 5% of the diet. If activated carbon is
fed much of the excreted compounds may be adsorbed and
passed out of the body through feces.
does pernisious anemia occur in B12 deficient animals? Correct
Answers No
Fat soluble vitamins include? Correct Answers A = retinol
D= cholecalciferol
E= α-tocopherol
K= K1=Phylloquione; k2, k3
Fatty acid synthesis Correct Answers Pantothenic acid
Folic acid is stable in what form and what what pH? Correct
Answers Dry form; pH=6+
A Cobalamin (B12) deficiency in rats and pigs causes what?
Correct Answers slow growth, nervousness, and irritability
A synthetic growth hormone that was approved for increased
milk production in dairy cattle is known as Correct Answers
Bovine somatotropin (BST)
An animal is showing some signs of fatigues and has rising
levels of pyruvic and lactic acids in its blood and tissues.
Explain why this is occurring and which tissues are primarily
affected. Correct Answers The animal has low level of
thiamine (vit B1). the muscle and nerve tissues are affected
Antivitamin Correct Answers Compounds that inhibit vitamins
in one way or the other
Avidin is a protein in egg white, is an antagonistic to what water
soluble vitamin? Correct Answers biotin
Briefly describe how choline is different from the other B
vitamins Correct Answers Does not serve as metabolic
catalysts, Rather as a structural component of tissues.
chemical formula for vitamin A Correct Answers C20H30O
Chemical formula of biotin Correct Answers C10H16O3N2S
Chemical formula of choline Correct Answers C5H14NO+
, deficiency symptoms of Riboflavin (B2) Correct Answers -
alopecia in rats (hairloss)
- curled toe paralysis in chicks (chicks walk on their hock with
their toes curled)
describe the effect of overwintering on vitamin A in beef cattle?
Correct Answers Overwintering of beef cattle on forage will
lead to the liver releasing vitamin A to the plasma. the longer the
wintering period, the more empty the liver becomes, and the
lower the plasma level of vitamin A becomes.
Describe the mode of action of activated carbon Correct
Answers Fed at the rate of 5% of the diet. If activated carbon is
fed much of the excreted compounds may be adsorbed and
passed out of the body through feces.
does pernisious anemia occur in B12 deficient animals? Correct
Answers No
Fat soluble vitamins include? Correct Answers A = retinol
D= cholecalciferol
E= α-tocopherol
K= K1=Phylloquione; k2, k3
Fatty acid synthesis Correct Answers Pantothenic acid
Folic acid is stable in what form and what what pH? Correct
Answers Dry form; pH=6+
