ANSC 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Weight Loss, Vitamin A, Canning
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National academy of sciences / national research council. Changes that are going to occur following transition. Lactase switches to sucrase since milk will not need to be broken. Muscle to organs to bone to fat tissue. Hyperplasia is an increase in the number of cells. Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of cells. Both of these are happening at the same time. High protein and high calcium for faster growing animals. Weight loss that is too fast will pull nutrients away from certain parts of the body. Takes away space in digestive tract and will prevent them from getting the proper nutrients they need. Not good, because the ratio of nutrients required for each animal differs. Dogs are indiscriminate eaters, so they are more susceptible to getting ill from a food they ate. If they are at the end of gestation, it can be a little bit lower.
