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Animal Nutrition (Minerals (EX of Minerals: (Calcium, Sodium, Iron, Iodine…
Animal Nutrition
Minerals
Minerals are inorganic nutrients like iron or sulfer, that are usually required in small amounts
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Essential Nutrients
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Essential nutrient: A nutrient required for normal body functioning that can not be synthesized by the body (The body doesn't produce it)
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Vitamins
Vitamins are considered
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Fat soluble
Vitamin A (incorporated into visual pigments of the eye) & vitamin D (aids in calcium absorption & bone formation)
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QT 1: A vitamin as a diet would be inadequate because we need proteins - enzymes, carbs - ATP. Organisms need raw materials
Dietary Deficiencies
Malnutrition
Def: A diet that lacks 1 or more essential nutrients or supplies less chemical energy than the body requires - Failure to obtain adequate nutrition
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EX: Cattle deer & other herbivores may develop fragile bones if they eat plants that grow in soil that lacks phosphorus
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