UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
B.Sc. (AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY) YEAR 2
END-OF-SECOND TRIMESTER EXAMINATIONS (2019/2020)
ANS 204: PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL NUTRITION
DATE: 6th of JULY, 2020
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
Each question answered correctly carries 1 mark.
Section A. (Indicate by selecting the correct option)
1. Animals obtain water from only the food they eat. TRUE/FALSE
2. Plant can synthesize all the vitamins they require. TRUE/FALSE
3. Animals obtain protein mainly by eating foods made from meat. TRUE/FALSE
4. The quantity of feed given to the animal depends on its physiological state.
TRUE/FALSE
5. No single feed material contains all the nutrients required by the animal.
TRUE/FALSE
6. Each vitamin is required for a specific metabolic reaction in the body. TRUE/FALSE
7. Natural rations are usually accepted more readily by animals than purified rations.
TRUE/FALSE
8. Herbivorous species like the horses and the rabbit cannot handle fibrous diet.
TRUE/FALSE
9. In non-ruminants, digestive enzymes break down the ingesta before it is subjected to
microbial action in the lower intestine. TRUE/FALSE
10. Fatty acids and glycerides are end products from fats digestion. TRUE/FALSE
11. Active transport plays a major role in the absorption of glucose and amino acids.
TRUE/FALSE
12. Glucose + Glucose Glycogen; is an anabolic process. TRUE/FALSE
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13. Great amounts of fat soluble vitamins cannot produce severe toxic effects.
TRUE/FALSE
14. The animal’s body contains about 1% carbohydrates. TRUE/FALSE
15. Glycogen and glucose in the blood of animals constitute animal carbohydrates.
TRUE/FALSE
16. Animals cannot synthesize vitamins at all or to a limited extent. TRUE/FALSE
17. Water is the most important nutrient for the maintenance of the animal’s life.
TRUE/FALSE
18. Oxidation water is one of the sources of water for animals. TRUE/FALSE
19. Vitamins are divided on the basis of their solubility properties. TRUE/FALSE
20. Daily water intake varies with the type of food given to the animal. TRUE/FALSE
21. Lignin is not a carbohydrate. TRUE/FALSE
22. L-gulonolactone oxidase is required for the synthesis of vitamin C from glucose.
TRUE/FALSE
23. Hydrolytic rancidity can interfere with i nutritional value of fat. TRUE/FALSE
24. Some amino acids can be synthesized in the animal’s body from other amino acids.
TRUE/FALSE
25. Ruminant depend on micro-organism to synthesize essential amino acids from NPN
sources. TRUE/FALSE
26. Fibrous Protein are insoluble proteins and are resistant to the animal’s digestive
enzymes. TRUE/FALSE
27. Nucleosides consist of nitrogen bases and pentose. TRUE/FALSE
28. In ruminant animals, microbial synthesis of vitamins C occurs in the rumen.
TRUE/FALSE
29. In animals, non-protein nitrogen compounds occur as a result of amino acid
decarboxylation. TRUE/FALSE
30. Vitamins are usually not synthesized in the body of animals. TRUE/FALSE

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Section B. (Complete the following statement by providing the correct term or phrase.
Write only the answer)

31. The ‘series of processes by which organisms take in and assimilate food’ for
promoting growth and replacing worn-out or injured tissues is known as ………….
nutrition.
32. Enzymes, hormones and antigens are examples of …globular…..proteins
33. ……Feed…………is a material that is capable of being digested, absorbed and
assimilated.
34. …Diet…… is a mixture of feedstuffs in appropriate quantities to provide nutrients
required by animals.
35. …Ration……….……is any quantity of feed (i.e. diet) given to an animal at a given
time (usually in a day).
36. Maintenance ration……… is the food that ensures that the animal is neither gaining
weight nor losing weight.
37. Balanced ration……. is the quantity of food given to an animal in a day that contains
all the nutrients in their correct amounts to meet its requirements.
38. Grazing… is the act of grasping and breaking or cutting forages by an animal in the
field.
39. Browsing……is a nibbling process to select leaves or berries in bushes/trees or on the
ground.
40. Birds have no teeth; hence the beak and /or claws serve to partially …reduce food to a
size that may be swallowed…….
41. Ingestion…..is intake of food and it involves procuring the food, chewing, and
swallowing.
42. Absorption……. is the passage of nutrients form the lumen of the GIT into the
epithelial cells lining the lumen for metabolism
43. Name one end products from carbohydrates digestion in monogastrics….. Glucose

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 44. Villi……. is finger-like projections on the mucosal folds can be seen using a
microscope
45. Villi undergo movements for facilitating contact with digested …. Nutrients
46. The array of microvilli covering each villus is called the ….Brush border
47. In absorption, movement of nutrients against a concentration gradient in called
……Active transport
48. Pinocytosis…..occurs in new born suckling animals to allow the absorption of
immunoglobulin and fat droplets in colostrum.
49. There are 2 processes involved in nutrient metabolism: Anabolism……and …..
Catabolism
50. Animal Carbohydrate….. is low because the rate of breakdown in the body is rapid.
51. Animals deprived of water reduce their feed……. intake.
52. Water is required by animals to replace what is lost from the Body…..
53. Carbohydrates….. are poly-hydroxyl aldehyde and ketones or compounds which yield
this on hydrolysis
54. About 80% of Carbohydrate…. are found in seeds particularly cereal and only 1% in
animal bodies.
55. One property of the monosaccharides is that they are all soluble in …...Water
56. Ruminants take their energy from …..V.F.As
57. The end product of carbohydrate digestion in ruminant is ….V.F.A
58. Reconversion of glycogen to glucose is called ……Glycogenolysis
59. Fats and oils contain C, H and O but are much richer in C…. and H…. than
carbohydrates.
60. Simple lipids… are simply called fat and oil.
61. Oxidative…. rancidity results in a decrease in the energy value of fat.
Section C. (Indicate by selecting the correct option)
1. Which of the following is not a monosaccharide
a) fructose,
b) xylose,
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 c) arabinose
d) cellobiose

2. Which of the following is not a disaccharide

a) Maltose
b) Sucrose
c) Lactose
d) Dextrins
3. Non-glycerol based lipids include the following except
a) Waxes
b) Cerebrocides
c) Steroids
d) Lecithins
4. The crude protein fraction of a feed sample is calculated from its …………….. content
a) Protein
b) CP
c) N
d) Na
5. Examples of unsaturated fatty acids are the following except
a) Palmitoleic
b) Oleic
c) Linoleic
d) Myristic
6. The amino acids which are essential include
a) Arginine
b) Lysine
c) Isoleucine
d) Proline
7. The following are examples of conjugated proteins except
a) Cytochrome-proteins
b) Phospho-proteins
c) Chromo-proteins
d) Nucleo-protein
8. Vitamins function catalytically because they are
a) Coenzymes
b) Apoenzymes
c) Holoenzymes
d) Enzymes
9. Sucrose is also called

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 a) saccharose
b) sacharase
c) soccharase
d) sacherose
10. The following are fat soluble vitamins except vitamin
a) A
b) B
c) D
d) E
11. Macro minerals include all of these except
a) N
b) K
c) S
d) Si
12. Nutrients in feeds are
a) large molecules
b) small atoms
c) intermediate molecules
d) large atoms
13. water content in the animal’s body reduces with
a) birth
b) sex
c) age
d) breed
14. Pentosans and hexosans are
a) arabans
b) salts
c) pectins
d) sugars

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