Across
- 3. Single most important nutrient for every animal
- 4. substances required by the body to perform basic functions and are essential to life and health
- 5. feather meal, meat and bone meal, blood meal, fish meal, whey powder, and egg powder
- 6. feed that is high in fiber and low in energy, such as grasses, hay, and silage
- 9. sugar and starches
- 10. feed that is high in energy and low in fiber, such as gains and meals
- 11. soybean meal, cottonseed meal, canola meal, and sunflower meal
- 12. those that the body can generate in sufficient quantities as long as the appropriate starting material is available
Down
- 1. Nutrient required in the largest amount by animals
- 2. manufactured non-protein nitrogen compound that is used as a building block for the production of protein by rumen microbes
- 4. energy needed to create muscle and fat for animals gaining weight, egg production, or milk production
- 7. needed to maintain breathing, blood circulation, and digestion
- 8. those that cannot be made in adequate amounts to meet the needs of the animal
- 10. an estimate of the amount of protein in a feed
- 11. Complex organic compounds composed of smaller units called amino acids