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Concentrate |
Feed low in crude fiber, 20%, high in total digestible nutrients 80% |
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What is responsible for converting feed into an absorbable form of nutrients? |
Rumen |
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Protien is broken down into what? |
Amino Acids |
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Starches and cellulose are broken down into what? |
Sugars |
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Excess nutrients can lead to what? |
Indigestion Grain overload Systemic acidosis Other digestive system abnormalities |
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How many amino acids are essential? |
10 to 11 |
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Excess protien not used for essential amino acid is? |
Deaminated in the liver and used as a source of energy |
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This group is removed and excreted in urine from protien |
NH2 |
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NPN |
Non protien nitrogen |
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NPN can be converted to what and where |
In the rumen by microbes into protien |
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Urea is hydrolyzed where? By what? That liberates what? |
In thenrumen By the enzyme urea NH3 (ammonia) |
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Urea must be fed along with what? |
A readily fermentable source of carbohydrates to supply the energy for formation of protien |
