Equine Digestion & Nutrition

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Across
  1. 3. The amount of nutrients in a feed with all of the water removed.
  2. 7. An abnormal depletion of body fluids
  3. 8. The breakdown of foods in the digestive tract to more simple substances that can be absorbed.
  4. 9. Minerals found in the body in large quantities.
  5. 12. Classification of feedstuffs that are high in energy and low in crude fiber
  6. 13. Animals with a single stomach or without a rumen.
  7. 14. The feed that is provided to an animal in a 24-hour period.
  8. 15. Vitamins A, D, E, and K; found in the fat portion of the feed and stored in fatty tissues
  9. 16. Minerals found in the body in small quantities.
  10. 18. Vitamins that are not stored in the body and must be provided each day.
Down
  1. 1. The building blocks that make up the body's protein
  2. 2. The amount of nutrients in a feed or diet expressed in the form that it is placed in front of the animal.
  3. 4. Total amount of protein in a feed
  4. 5. ______ ______ nutrients; indicates the energy density of a feedstuff
  5. 6. A form of constipation where feed blocks some part of the digestive system.
  6. 10. To take in and actually use the nutrients of digestion
  7. 11. Substances that provide nourishment for the body.
  8. 17. Feedstuffs with a high fiber content; hay, silage, and grass