Across
- 3. Protein Content: total amount of crude protein in a feed, calculated by analyzing the nitrogen content and multiplying that percentage by 6.25
- 5. an inert complex carbohydrate that makes up the bulk of the cell walls of plants
- 8. common table sugar
- 11. a sugar obtained from milk
- 13. the basic building block of protein
- 15. the simplest sugars, for example, glucose, fructose, and galactose
- 16. Acids amino acid that can be synthesized by the animal’s body
- 18. minerals that are required in relatively large amounts in an animal’s diet
- 19. the sugar in milk
- 22. the sugar found in fruit
- 23. the more complex sugars
- 24. not containing carbon and usually derived from nonliving sources
- 25. a fat or fatty tissue
Down
- 1. a basic ingredient of a feed that would not ordinarily be fed as a feed by itself
- 2. animal whose diet consists mainly of other animals
- 3. an orange or red pigment found in green leafy plants, especially carrots
- 4. an animal that eats plants as the main part of its diet
- 6. dried animal residues usually freed from fats and gelatin
- 7. Acids any of the amino acids that cannot be synthesized by an animal’s body and must be supplied from the animal’s diet
- 9. the feed mixed in the proper proportions and amounts for an animal to maintain its weight
- 10. poisonous
- 12. a mineral that is needed in relatively minute amounts in an animal’s diet
- 14. growth process by which tissues are built up
- 17. feeding an animal with an unlimited supply of feed. The animal is free to eat whenever it wants
- 20. a common sugar that serves as the building blocks for many complex carbohydrates
- 21. the process of breaking down tissues from the complex to the simple as in the digestive process
