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Ansc 231: Animal Nutrition Question Paper

Ansc 231: Animal Nutrition

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Environmental Science

Institution: Egerton University question papers

Exam Year:2008

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1.(a) Define the term nutrition. (4 marks)
(b) Explain why domestication was important in the development of animal agriculture. (6 Marks)
2.(a) State the situations where proteins can be used as energy sources and indicate the disadvantages of using
them as energy sources. (6 Marks)
(b) Explain why it is important to limit the level of lipids in animal feeds. (4 Marks)
(c) Outline the roles of vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and calcitonin in controlling calcium levels in an
animals body. (6 Marks)
(d) Explain how calcium deficiency is likely to affect dairy and poultry enterprises on a farm. (6 Marks)
3. Briefly discuss any five factors that will affect the digestibility of a feed. (10 Marks)
4. Explain why rumen is said to provide a suitable environment for microbes. (16 Marks)
5. With examples, outline the functions of the digestive secretions produced in the small intestines. (6 Marks)
6.(a) State the components determined through proximate analysis and indicate what they represent. (3 Marks)
(b) Give three disadvantages of the proximate method of feed analysis. (3 Marks)

Ansc 231: Animal Nutrition Question Paper

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