ANSC 3180 Midterm: Lecture Note Summary for Midterm

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Animal Science
• Course: ANSC 3180
• Professor: Esther Finegan

Document Summary

The role of nutrition in: (2) to apply basic nutritional principles to understanding: Course objectives: (1) to review current knowledge on: (3) to study and understand the following topics in the wildlife context: These topics will be illustrated with examples drawn from mammalian and avian species including: Individual survival, species survival (reproduction), population dynamics of wildlife species in their natural habitats. Nutrient acquisition and utilization by wild mammals and birds getting food and using it. Response to seasonal fluctuation in quality & quantity of food available food changes through year. Nutrient quality of natural diets complete or incomplete foods. Comparative aspects of digestion in ruminant and non-ruminant herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores. Herbivores (ruminant): caribou, elk, moose, muskox, white-tailed deer. Herbivores (non-ruminant): beaver, peccary, rabbit, grouse, pheasant. Also etruscan shrew, african elephant, blue whale, bee hummingbird, wandering albatross, ostrich. What do animals eat? (food habits, daily, seasonally, hibernation, migration) What do the foods contain? (food composition, nutrients, energy, toxins)