AVS 1500- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 38 pages long!)
16 Feb 2018
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Audio recording started: 8:00 am tuesday, september 26, 2017. Way to preserve feed (pickling it) lactic acid is produced and drops the ph low enough to kill microorganisms. Have to have prescription to use antibiotics in feed. No difference in milk of bst administered cows vs no bst cows. Select against the bacteria that produce acetate (one of the volatile fatty acids) Propionate (volatile fatty acid more efficiently used for growth ), the less acetate produced allows propionate to take over. Can feed ruminants to nonruminants and nonruminants to ruminants. Take silage of composted (produces a lot of heat to kill microorganisms) chicken manure and feed it back to a ruminant. Genetics: science that deals with the study of heredity and variation. Heredity: transmission of traits between parent to offspring. Variation: differences between individuals in a biological population. Animal breeding: science that deals with the application of genetic principles to livestock improvement.
