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| - What is the starting point in building a nutrition program for the horse? |
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1) Physilogical state
2) Medical diagnosis (nature, duration)
3) Age
4) Use of horse
5) Common sense |
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| - What are 5 things to take into consideration when making a nutritional assessment of a horse? |
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1) Temperament
2) Level of activity
3) Environment
4) Growth and Reproduction
5) Size |
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| - What are 5 things about the horse that you need to be aware of when building a nutrition program? |
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1) Usual diet
2) Eating habits
3) Feeding management |
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| - Getting the dietary history of the horse generally means what 3 types of information? |
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| - How many gallons of water does an average horse drink per day? |
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| - Feed accounts for what percentage of the cost to keep a horse? |
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| - When making feed choices you should choose a _____ program first. |
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| - Which nutrient is the hardest and costliest to meet? |
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1) Corn Oil
2) Corn
3) Barley
4) Oats
5) Alfalfa Hay
6) Coastal hay |
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- Rank these ingredients in decreasing order of energy:
Oats, Barley, Corn, Corn Oil, Alfalfa Hay, Coastal Hay. |
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1) Weanlings and yearlings.
2) Lactating mares.
3) Last trimester mares. |
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| - Protein is more critical for what 3 life stages of horses? |
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| - The protein requirement for a mature horse at maintenance is _____ in the total diet. |
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| FALSE - b/c amino acids can be different. |
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| True or False: 2 12% protein feeds will always give the same "protein" performance. |
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| - What is the first-limiting amino acid? |
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- First limiting AA.
- Reduces performance if deficient.
- Major determinant of protein quality. |
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| - In foals, lowering protein and adding __% lysine maintained growth rate on less feed. |
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| - 12% protein + .2% lysine gives performance of ___%. |
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1) It may contain less energy than one with lower fiber.
2) There is likely to be less digestive risk in feeding it. |
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| - Higher fiber in a feed means what 2 main things? |
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1) Improved fermentation rate (enhanced microbial activity).
2) Reduce carbohydrate overload (safer diet->less colic/founder).
3) Improve digestion of mature hay.
4) Permits reduced hay feeding. |
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| - What are 4 benefits of feeding highly soluble fiber? |
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1) Dehy alfalfa meal
2) Beet pulp
3) Soybean hulls |
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- Which of the following items from this list are good sources of soluble fiber?
Rice hulls, Barley, Dehy alfalfa meal, Beet pulp, Peanut hulls, Soybean hull. |
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1) Tying up
2) Founder (laminitis)
3) Colic
4) Gastric Ulcers |
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| - Too much starch in the diet can have what 4 effects on the horse? |
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- Equine term used when a horse's back end ties up on them.
- Often see dark brown urination.
- Extremely painful. |
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| - True or False: Processing of starch can improve safety of digestion. |
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1) Improve hair coat.
2) Increase stamina and improve performance.
3) Reduce the amount of grain being fed.
4) Reduce incidences of gas colic.
5) Possibly improve temperament.
6) Possibly help with "tying up." |
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| - Corn Oil in the diet can do what 6 things? |
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| - ____ is the greatest requirement and cost in feeding. You can add ___ with quantity and quality. |
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1) Fat
2) Soluble fiber
3) Processed grains |
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| - Manage starch in the diet by including what 3 things? |
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| - Is the most important economic variable cost/day or cost/bag? |
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| - 1 lb gain requires about ___ cal of DE over maintenance. |
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Definition
| - Is vegetable oil palatable? |
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| - 2 cups of oil = how many lb of fat? |
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| BCS 4 to 5 in 90 days = ___ lbs, thus ___lb/day of grain. |
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| - Higher or lower fat in diet seems to 'calm' or improve attitude in some horses? |
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