Diet Comp

Diet Composition 1.

chemical andnominal composition Referto sheetfor ingredient of diets. composition

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of dietsin shownin copiesof DHIanalysis composition Actualchemical table thesummary complete for eachdiet.Usingtheseresults, sheets to Mcal/kg. Mcal/]b from NEevaluesmustbeconvefted below,Note:NEm, Diet A

B

DMo/o

CPo/o NDFo/o

NE, Mcal/kg NEnMcal/kg

3.

values? Howwelldo actualCPvaluesmatchintended

4.

whichdietshouldbehigheror lowerin digestibility? FromNDFvalues,

5,

of thesediets? Whatmightyouexpectfor'DMintakes

FeedIntake 1.

tableshowsasfedvaluesfor dailyintakeperpen,averaged Thesummary byweek,andoverallmeansfor eachpen.

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penmeanfromasfedto DMbasis,usingo/oDMvaluesin feed Convert Fillin thetablebelow. sheets. . analysis MeanDMIntake(g/d)

Diet

Male

Female

Combined

A B

3.

dietsandbetweensexes? Whattrendsdo youseebetween

4.

for the sexeffect,if any. an explanation Suggest

5.

Howdid diet NDFlevelsaffectintake?

6.

Howdiddietaryenergylevelsaffectintakes?

7.

thesedatain yourreport? Makea graphyoucoulduseto present

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Gain/Feed 1.

to youbytheothergroupsin Fillin theintakeandgrowthdataprovided ratiosby dietandsex, the meangain-to-feed thetablebelow.Calculate andaddthemto thetable. ADGPerlamb= GIF Average DMIPerlambPerdaY

DMIAverages

ADGAverages

Diet Male Female Both

Male

G/FAverages Female Both

Male FemaleBoth

A B

2.

the sexes? diets?Across Whattrendsin G/Fdo youseebetween

3.

for the sexeffect. an explanation Suggest

4.

Howdidenergycontentof the dietaffectG/F?

5.

thesedatain yourrepoft. Makea graphyoucoulduseto present

PlasmaGlucose 1, ,

withoverallmeansfor individual byweektogether Dataaresummarized lambs.Meanfor eachsexwithindietandoverallmeansfor eachdietare alsocalculated,

2.

thetablebelow: thesedatabycompleting Summarize glucose (mg/dl) Plasma

Diet

Male

Female

Combined

A B

3.

sexes? dietsandbetween Whattrendsdo youseebetween

4.

sexdifferences. to dietandpossible thesetrendsin relation Explain

5.

do youexpect metabolism, aboutglucose Fromwhatyouhavelearned to varywidelyovertime,or to remainrelatively the plasmaconcentration stable?

6.

of thetreatment doyoufeelthatthemagnitude Giventhisexpectation, effectsaresignificant?

7.

plasma glucose energy to digestible concentrations Makea graphrelating DE,usetheequation: (DE)intake. To calculate 1 kgTDN= 4.4McalDE

PlasmaUreaNitrogen(PUN) 1.

withoverallmeansfor individual byweektogether Dataaresummarized lambs.Meanfor eachsexwithindietandoverallmeansfor eachdietare alsocalculated.

2.

thetablebelow: thesedatabycompleting Summarize PUN(mg/dl) Male

Diet

Female

Combined

A B

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sexes? dietsandbetween Whattrendsdo youseebetween

4,

sexdifferences. to dietandpossible thesetrendsin relation Explain

5.

(Hi/Lo): thefollowing Foreachdietpredict

Diet

cHo

proteinproduction Microbial

(NHs) Rumen

fermentation A B

6.

Why? Whichdietis the betterdietin termsof rumenfermentation?