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    The document discusses key topics in animal nutrition including diet formulation, feeding systems, the importance of proper nutrition for growth and reproduction, and definitions of nutrients, digestion, absorption, and metabolism. Nutrients provide energy, building blocks, structure, temperature regulation and other functions. The main classes of nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and water. Requirements specifically for pigs and poultry include energy, proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and water. Digestion breaks down nutrients into smaller molecules through mechanical and chemical processes while absorption moves these molecules into the bloodstream.

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    Concerns of Animal Nutrition

    • Diet Formulation
    • Feed Processing – quality control (ingredient quality and quantity, determination of feed particle
    size); mixing; pelleting; crumbling; extrusion, bagging, transport, storage
    • Feeding System and Management

    Importance of Animal Nutrition


    • Feed - at least 80% of the cost of animal production
    • Animals need proper nutrition to support their body requirements for growth, maintenance, work,
    reproduction and lactation
    • Reproduction – mammals - mating, fertilization, pregnancy,
    parturition, lactation/care of the young
    – poultry – mating, fertilization, egg
    production, hatching, care of the young
    What is Nutrition?
    Science that deals with the transformation of nutrients from the diet into component of body
    tissues; involves the series of processes by which an organism takes in and assimilates food for
    promoting growth and replacing worn-out or injured tissues

    What is a Nutrient?
    • Nutrient - substance that, when taken into the digestive system, is digested, absorbed and
    utilized to sustain animal body processes (Roxas, 2006)

    Classes of Nutrients
    • Carbohydrates
    • Proteins/Amino Acids
    • Lipids
    • Vitamins
    • Minerals
    • Water
    *NOTE: ENERGY IS NOT A NUTRIENT

    Requirements of Pigs and Poultry


    • Energy
    • Proteins/Amino Acids
    • Lipids
    • Vitamins
    • Minerals
    • Water

    General Functions of Nutrients


    • provide energy for various processes in the body
    • supply raw materials for the synthesis of body substances
    • structural component
    • regulate body temperature
    • coenzymes/cofactors
    • The accessory function – milk and egg production

    Digestion
    Process of breaking down large, complex nutrient molecules into simpler molecules for use by an
    organism

    Mechanical processes
    • Mastication
    • Muscular contractions of GIT

    Chemical processes
    • Acid hydrolysis
    • Enzyme hydrolysis
    • Preparatory step prior to absorption

    Absorption
    • Processes that move small molecules through membranes of the GIT into blood so the
    molecules may be used for their specific functions

    Metabolism
    Set of chemical reactions happening in the cells to sustain life
    • Catabolism – breakdown of larger molecules to smaller molecules.
    • Anabolism – synthesis of molecules from smaller units

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