Ruminant Crossword

2. 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. Good tasting
8. The organ in the digestive system that receives the feed and adds chemical that help in the digestive process.
9. An organic compound needed in small amounts for nutrition.
10. A feed containing more then 18 percent crude fiber when dry; examples: hay, silage, and pasture.
12. An animal dietary supplement is a substance for oral consumption by horses, whether in or on feed offered separately.
13. The first and largest compartment of the ruminant stomach.
16. An organic compound made up of amino acids and containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
18. Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
19. Inorganic substance needed in small amounts for proper nutrition.
20. Feed contains less than 18 percent crude fiber when dry; grains and protein supplements are concentrates.

1. The second compartment of the ruminant stomach
3. Organic compound composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that is solid at body temperature; fats contain more carbon and hydrogen that do carbohydrates and are mainly glyceryl esters of certain acids that are soluble in ether but not water.
4. The practice of eating plants as the main part of their diet.
6. The fourth compartment, or true stomach, of the ruminant animal.
7. The third compartment of the ruminant stomach.
11. An omnivore is an animal that regularly consumes significant quantities of both plant and animal matter.
14. The type and amounts of food and drink habitually ingested by a person or an animal; Ration without reference to a specific time period.
15. Complex carbohydrates such as cellulose and lignin.
17. An animal that feeds on flesh.