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Diet Composition

1. composition
Referto sheetfor ingredient chemical
andnominal
compositionof diets.

Z. composition
Actualchemical of dietsin shownin copiesof DHIanalysis
for eachdiet.Usingtheseresults,
sheets complete thesummary table
below,Note:NEm, NEevaluesmustbeconvefted fromMcal/]bto Mcal/kg.

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. Thesummarytableshowsasfedvaluesfor dailyintakeperpen,averaged
byweek,andoverallmeansfor eachpen.

Z. Convertpenmeanfromasfedto DMbasis,usingo/oDMvaluesin feed


Fillin thetablebelow.
sheets.
. analysis

MeanDMIntake(g/d)
Diet Male Female Combined
A

3. Whattrendsdo youseebetween
dietsandbetweensexes?

4. Suggest for the sexeffect,if any.


an explanation

5. Howdid diet NDFlevelsaffectintake?

6. Howdiddietaryenergylevelsaffectintakes?

7. thesedatain yourreport?
Makea graphyoucoulduseto present
I

Gain/Feed

1. to youbytheothergroupsin
Fillin theintakeandgrowthdataprovided
thetablebelow.Calculate ratiosby dietandsex,
the meangain-to-feed
andaddthemto thetable.

ADGPerlamb= GIF
Average
DMIPerlambPerdaY

DMIAverages ADGAverages G/FAverages

Diet Male Female Both Male Female Both Male FemaleBoth

A
B

2. Whattrendsin G/Fdo youseebetween the sexes?


diets?Across

3. Suggest for the sexeffect.


an explanation

4. Howdidenergycontentof the dietaffectG/F?

5. thesedatain yourrepoft.
Makea graphyoucoulduseto present
PlasmaGlucose

1, Dataaresummarized byweektogether withoverallmeansfor individual


, lambs.Meanfor eachsexwithindietandoverallmeansfor eachdietare
alsocalculated,

2. Summarize thetablebelow:
thesedatabycompleting

glucose
Plasma (mg/dl)
Diet Male Female Combined
A

3. Whattrendsdo youseebetween sexes?


dietsandbetween

4. to dietandpossible
thesetrendsin relation
Explain sexdifferences.

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

6. doyoufeelthatthemagnitude
Giventhisexpectation, of thetreatment
effectsaresignificant?

7. plasma
Makea graphrelating glucose energy
to digestible
concentrations
(DE)intake. DE,usetheequation:
To calculate

1 kgTDN= 4.4McalDE
PlasmaUreaNitrogen(PUN)

1. Dataaresummarized byweektogether withoverallmeansfor individual


lambs.Meanfor eachsexwithindietandoverallmeansfor eachdietare
alsocalculated.

2. Summarize thetablebelow:
thesedatabycompleting

PUN(mg/dl)
Diet Male Female Combined
A

3. Whattrendsdo youseebetween sexes?


dietsandbetween

4, to dietandpossible
thesetrendsin relation
Explain sexdifferences.

5. Foreachdietpredict (Hi/Lo):
thefollowing

Diet cHo proteinproduction


Microbial (NHs)
Rumen
fermentation
A

6. Why?
Whichdietis the betterdietin termsof rumenfermentation?

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