VTT 254 Equine Nutrition Exam with verified ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
detailed solutions ||//|\\||
Monogastric Herbivore; Hind-gut Fermenter - correct answer✔✔Built for small frequent ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
meals; grazing; high quality feed ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Nutrient Requirements - correct answer✔✔pregnant mares should gain 10% of their body
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weight during gestation ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Free choice - correct answer✔✔Ad lib; access to clean water
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Average water consumption - correct answer✔✔5-10 gals/day ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Copious sweating - correct answer✔✔increased water intake; cool down for at least 30 min
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prior to drinking to prevent laminitis
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Horses fed? - correct answer✔✔2-3x a day ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Grazing for how many hours - correct answer✔✔18hrs a day is ideal but not always
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practical
Horses need to eat? - correct answer✔✔1%-2% of forage per lb of body weight per day
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Used for Energy - correct answer✔✔Protein: Hay/Pasture
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Sweet Clover causes - correct answer✔✔Hemorrhages
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, Legume; Alfalfa - correct answer✔✔12%-18% protein; energy ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Grass: orchard, Timothy, Bluegras - correct answer✔✔6%-8% Protein; energy
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High calcium content of the alfalfa feed - correct answer✔✔causes Enthrolths; stones in
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the intestines
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Coastal - correct answer✔✔Hay; Nutrient content; much lower protein
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Bermuda Grass - correct answer✔✔Finer grass, blamed for impaction colic on horses ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Bermuda Grass not recommended for? - correct answer✔✔Not recommended for ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
underweight horses or ones that are impaction prone ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Timothy Hay - correct answer✔✔Most popular hay; high in fiber, low moisture, protein
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and calcium content
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Hay that may help animals that are prone to bladder stones & crystallization of the urine -
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correct answer✔✔Timothy Hay ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Does not provide enough energy for young or working horse - correct answer✔✔Timothy
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Hay
Carbohydrates - correct answer✔✔Energy ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
COB - correct answer✔✔Corn, Oats, Barley; Carbohdrates, Energy
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detailed solutions ||//|\\||
Monogastric Herbivore; Hind-gut Fermenter - correct answer✔✔Built for small frequent ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
meals; grazing; high quality feed ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Nutrient Requirements - correct answer✔✔pregnant mares should gain 10% of their body
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weight during gestation ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Free choice - correct answer✔✔Ad lib; access to clean water
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Average water consumption - correct answer✔✔5-10 gals/day ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Copious sweating - correct answer✔✔increased water intake; cool down for at least 30 min
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prior to drinking to prevent laminitis
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Horses fed? - correct answer✔✔2-3x a day ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Grazing for how many hours - correct answer✔✔18hrs a day is ideal but not always
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practical
Horses need to eat? - correct answer✔✔1%-2% of forage per lb of body weight per day
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Used for Energy - correct answer✔✔Protein: Hay/Pasture
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Sweet Clover causes - correct answer✔✔Hemorrhages
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, Legume; Alfalfa - correct answer✔✔12%-18% protein; energy ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Grass: orchard, Timothy, Bluegras - correct answer✔✔6%-8% Protein; energy
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High calcium content of the alfalfa feed - correct answer✔✔causes Enthrolths; stones in
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the intestines
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Coastal - correct answer✔✔Hay; Nutrient content; much lower protein
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Bermuda Grass - correct answer✔✔Finer grass, blamed for impaction colic on horses ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Bermuda Grass not recommended for? - correct answer✔✔Not recommended for ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
underweight horses or ones that are impaction prone ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Timothy Hay - correct answer✔✔Most popular hay; high in fiber, low moisture, protein
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and calcium content
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Hay that may help animals that are prone to bladder stones & crystallization of the urine -
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correct answer✔✔Timothy Hay ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
Does not provide enough energy for young or working horse - correct answer✔✔Timothy
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Hay
Carbohydrates - correct answer✔✔Energy ||//|\\|| ||//|\\|| ||//|\\||
COB - correct answer✔✔Corn, Oats, Barley; Carbohdrates, Energy
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