Nutrition Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. BMR
  2. 4. an organic acid, amino acid like, essential in feline diets
  3. 5. NRC
  4. 7. a statement on a feed label indicating the minimum or maximum amount of certain components
  5. 8. failure of collagen synthesis caused by lack of vitamin C in primates and guinea pigs
  6. 9. extremely thin with loss of muscle mass and no discernable fat
  7. 10. the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by 1 degree Celsius
  8. 11. a gastric feeding tube passed through and secured in a surgical opening through the skin into the esophagus
  9. 12. nutrients that the body can not synthesize and must be obtained from the diet
  10. 13. the conversion of nutrients into living tissue
Down
  1. 1. MER
  2. 3. organic molecules composed of chains of amino acids
  3. 6. organic molecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in 1:2:1 ratio