ANFS305 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chronic Wasting Disease, Feed Conversion Ratio, Cyanobacteria

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Animal and Food Sciences
• Course: ANFS305
• Professor: Hoover Dallas

Document Summary

Photosynthetic blue green algae (pond scum) introduced to western culture from central america (also grown in rift valley in. Annual protein requirement for one human: 12. 5 acres for meat from cattle on grassland, 2. 5 acres for wheat, 10 square yards for spirulina, photosynthetic, does require water, safe, meats. Amount of animal products consumed by a society is directly related to the level of affluence of the society. World"s two top meat consumers are china and the u. s. (cid:523)(cid:889)(cid:883) million tons in china vs. 35 million). Converting grain to meat: for chicken ~2 kg of grain/kg of chicken; pork 4 kg/kg; beef 8 kg/kg: red meats & meat products. In u. s. , principle sources of red meat are cattle (beef), calves (veal), hogs (hams, pork & bacon), sheep (mutton) and young sheep (lamb). Degree of fat marbling (fat between muscle fibers) Skeletal muscle = hair-like muscle fibers held together by connective tissue and fat.