Ruminant
Across
- 2. Good tasting
- 3. Ration Feed allowance for an animal during a 24-hour period that has all the nutrients the animal needs in the right proportions and amounts
- 5. The third compartment of the ruminant stomach
- 8. The first and largest compartment of the ruminant stomach
- 11. An organic compound made up of amino acids and containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
- 13. An organic compound needed in small amounts for nutrition
- 14. Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
- 15. The type and amounts of feed an animal receives in its ration
- 16. Consume both flesh and plants
- 19. Inorganic substance needed in small amounts for proper nutrition
Down
- 1. The second compartment of the ruminant stomach
- 4. The fourth compartment, or true stomach, of the ruminant animal
- 6. A feed material high in specific nutrients
- 7. Depend entirely on plants for food
- 9. The organ in the digestive system that receives the feed and adds chemicals that help in the digestive process
- 10. A feed containing more than 18 percent crude fiber when dry; examples: hay, silage, and pasture
- 12. Complex carbohydrates such as cellulose and lignin
- 14. Feed containing less than 18 percent crude fiber when dry; grains and protein supplements
- 17. Depend almost entirely on the flesh of other animals for food
- 18. Organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that is solid at body temperature; contain more carbon and hydrogen than do carbohydrates and are mainly glyceryl esters of certain acids that are soluble in ether but not in water