ANSC 3010 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026

ANSC 3010 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026 One of the biggest challenges that livestock producers and nutritionists face is understanding how we can utilize available natural resources more ____________ to ensure adequate food supply produced for world's population. - Answers Efficiently ________ is the fuel for all bodily processes - breathing, walking, eating, growth , lactation, and reproduction. - Answers Energy Indicate 2 factors that could affect the nutrient requirement of animals. - Answers - Environment - Growth Which of the following is a colon fermenter? - Answers Donkey Which part of the chicken's GI tract functions as the true stomach and produces HCl? - Answers Proventriculus What part of the ruminant stomach functions as the true stomach and produces HCl? - Answers Abomasum Which of these are not in the proper sequence starting from the anterior end of the digestive tract: duodenum - cecum - jejunum - ileum - colon? - Answers Cecum ___________ is the practice of reingesting material that has already been eliminated from the digestive tract. - Answers Coprophagy ____________ in monogastric animals, the primary site in the GI tract for fat digestion. - Answers Small Intestine What are the 3 major types of microbial organisms are present: in the rumen? Indicate which is present in the largest amounts. - Answers - Bacteria: largest - Fungi - Protozoa The process by which digested nutrients cross the cellular lining (membranes) of the GI tract. - Answers Absorption Which of the following is the major site of roughage fermentation in the horse? - Answers Colon True or False: Carbohydrates contain 2.25 times as much energy as proteins. - Answers False True or False: To determine the digestibility of protein in a feedstuff fed to an animal, you must measure the protein in the urine. - Answers False True or False: As a general rule, mineral toxicity is much less of a problem than mineral deficiencies. - Answers True _______ is defined as converting complex feed nutrients into absorbable forms. - Answers Digestion Which of the following is an advantage of ruminants? - Answers Synthesize microbial protein from non protein nitrogen Microbial fermentation in the rumen can generate quite a bit of gas production. What problem may occur if the gas is not cructated? - Answers Bloat Which of the following is the major site of roughage fermentation in the rabbit? - Answers Cecum If a specific amino acid required to synthesize a protein is not available, the protein cannot be synthesized. This is referred to as a ____________ amino acid. - Answers Limiting There are 10 essential amino acids (EAA) for most mammals. List them (spell out). - Answers Phenylalanine Valine Threonine Tryptophan Isoleucine Methionine Histidine Arginine Leucine Lysine There is one EAA is specifically required by cats. What is the amino acid that is essential for cats? - Answers Taurine The soft feces produced by the rabbit and mouse are also referred to as - Answers Cecotrophs List the Fat Soluble vitamins . - Answers A, D, E, K List 6 water soluble vitamins (abbreviations ok). - Answers B1, B2, B6, B12, C, niacin List 6 of the 7 macrominerals (abbreviations ok). - Answers Ca, Mg, Na, S, Cl, K, P List 6 microminerals (abbreviations ok). - Answers Co, Ni, Cu. Zn, F, I Water is the most important nutrient. A general definition for good-quality water is that it should contain less than 2,500 mg/l (0.25%) of - Answers Dissolved solids Which mineral is always deficient in baby pigs? - Answers Iron Which trace mineral is a part of Vitamin B12? - Answers Cobalt True or False: Horses are ruminants, and therefore they must have a belly full of hay at all times. - Answers False Which fat soluble vitamin is synthesized by rumen microbes? - Answers K Which of the B complex vitamins is/are synthesized by rumen microbes? - Answers B2- riboflavin True or False: Dogs and cats are strict carnivores and should be fed diets with little to no grain. - Answers False __________. The class of nutrients supplying the main source of energy in usual livestock rations. - Answers Carbohydrates