Foregut fermenters Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

Average % digestibility of cell contents of ruminants on all forage diets? - ANSWER-98% for animals on all forage diets. The 2 main factors that affect degradability of the cell wall constituents? - ANSWER--Crystallinity of Cellulose (more mature=more lignin) -Lignification of the cell wall (cementing agent) Why are herbivores well suited to forage diets? - ANSWER-the volume of digestive tract devoted to microbial degredation (2/3) 3b. Horses (other equids) are known as what kind of fiber...

Dit document is een uitgebreide samenvatting van de volledige ingesproken lessen over zoo nutritie.

CWAM Exam Describe the reproductive management goals in captive facilities and why they are important. - ANS What is the major advantage to sexual reproduction? - ANS genetic variation What are the advantages of asexual repduction? - ANS easier and quicker Describe challenges to successful reproduction. - ANS It has a high energy cost (gamete production, delivery, timing, offspring development, etc.) Gametes are generally short-lived (eggs more so than sperm), so timing...

Class notes for chapter 7 - Animal adaptations to the environment.