Applied animal nutrition UE Past Papers Questions.

1. What is a metabolisable energy of a feed?
2. Describe the parameters you need to measure in order to estimate metabolisable energy content of a feedstuff.
3. Discuss the factors affecting the metabolisable energy values of feedstuffs.

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1. What is energy system?
2. Describe any two net energy systems and show their differences

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1. Give a brief account on how you can estimate the protein requirement of a growing pig using factorial approach.
2. In a biological assay using rats fed a certain dietary protein, the daily nitrogen intake was 61.5 mg.If the Nitrogen excreted in the faeces and urine were 19.5 and 29.5 mg/day, respectively, compute:

1. Nitrogen balance
2. Biological value
3. Given the metabolic faecal nitrogen and endogenous urinary nitrogen to be 21.3 and 9.1 mg/d, respectively , recalculate the true biological value of protein.

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Water soluble vitamins are synthesised by the gut microorganisms . Briefly discuss the factors influencing their synthesis.

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Give an account on factors affecting the efficiency of utilization of a given protein by monogastic animals.

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