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Blair AS vocabulary (Animal Science)

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Nutrition   the study of the food needs to the body  
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Diet   daily supply of food and water to meet an animals nutrient and energy requirements.  
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Ingredients   edible material that may provide nutrients and energy.  
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Carbohydrates   one of 3 classes of energy producing nutrients. Dietary carbohydrates which provides dogs and cats with a readily available source of energy, plus fiber for gastrointestinal tract health. (GI)  
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EAA   Essential Amino Acid  
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NAA   Nonessential Amino Acid  
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Phospholipids   important components of all cell membranes and or present in both food and in the body.  
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Dietary Fats   Has many functions maintaining cell membranes integrity improving a pets food palatability.  
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Vitamins   Organic molecules that are required in tiny amounts of fat. it helps to release energy from carbohydrates, proteins and fat.  
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digestion   processing aspects of nutrition which the ingested food is broken down into the basic biochemical compounds and is absorbed through the walls of the intestinal tract into the blood stream.  
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Nutrients   the foods that are necessary for the substance of life that include water, protein, fat, carbohydrates, carbon and minerals.  
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Nonessential amino acids   are acids that can be produced to meet its needs  
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malnutrition   abnormal nutrition; caused by a diet that contains too much or too little of one or more essential nutrients.  
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energy   ability to do work; all body activities require energy and all needs are met by consuming food, which contains energy in chemical form; energy content of food is expressed as kilocalories (kcal)  
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energy basis   concentration of a nutrient in food expressed per unit of energy, usually per 100 kilocalories (kcal) of metabolizable energy (e.g., g/100 kcal ME)  
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metabolizable energy (ME)   amount of energy in a food available for the body's use; measured in calories or kilocalories (kcal; 1,000 calories = 1 kcal)  
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Bioavailable   the ability of a nutrient drug or other substances to be absorbed and used by the body.  
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Energy density   number of calories provided by a given weight or volume of pet food expressed as kilocalories of metabolizable energy per kilogram or pound of diet.  
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Adlibitum   free choice or always available dog food or cat food.  
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F.D.A   Food and Drug Association  
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solvent   liquid in which another substance is dissolved to form a solution  
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hydrolysis   process by which complex materials are broken down into simpler ones by adding water; one of the most basic and prevalent life processes  
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maintenance   the amount and quality of the diet required to maintain an adult animal without providing additional nutrients for production, reproduction or weight gain  
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metabolism   all of the complex, interrelated chemical and physical processes that make life possible; includes anabolism, the process by which organic substances are built and maintained, and catabolism.  
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calorie   amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 14.5° Celsius (C) to 15.5° C  
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lean body mass   fat-free mass of the body; that part of the body including all its components except fat (stored lipids)  
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additives   substances added to food, including preservatives, colorings and flavorings  
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amino acids   the basic building blocks of protein; any of several organic compounds containing amino (–NH2) and carboxyl (–COOH) groups and occurring naturally in plants and animals  
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preservatives   the basic building blocks of protein; any of several organic compounds containing amino (–NH2) and carboxyl (–COOH) groups and occurring naturally in plants and animals  
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protein   An essential dietary nutrient protein that supplies dogs and cats with amino acids to build proteins for a wide range of the body functions.  
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minerals   members of this nutrient class are essential for life-sustaining metabolic processes.  
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water   water is the most critical nutrient that is required by dogs and cats for survival.  
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digestibility   proportion of nutrients in food available for absorption from the gastrointestinal tract  
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dry matter (DM) basis   method of expressing a food's nutrient content on a moisture-free basis.  
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kilocalorie   1,000 calories; one calorie is the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 g water from 14.5° to 15.5° C  
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metabolic water   water in the body that is produced during metabolism of nutrients.  
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pepsinogen   enzyme precursor secreted by the chief cells in the stomach.  
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hydrochloric acid   normal part of gastric juice in cats and dogs.  
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pepsin   protein degrading enzyme that is activated from pepsinogen in the stomach.  
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mucosal lining   the inner layer of the intestinal tract.  
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pathogens   diseases that causes some bad bacteria.  
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halitosis   offensive breath odor  
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acuity   clarity or clearness of a sense such as taste or vision  
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antibodies   proteins that are produced by transformed by lymphocytes (plasma cells) in response to the presence of antigen.  
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A.A.F.C.O   Association of American Feed Control Officials; defines food and feed ingredients that is used in commercial animal feeds and pet foods.  
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anabolism   the constructive phase of metabolism during which the body creates tissues.  
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animal digest   a material that is produced by chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis of clean undecomposed animal tissues.  
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enzymes   any protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body by acting as a catalysts.  
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epidemiologic   to the study of disease frequency and distributions in a population.  
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epidermal   reffering to the outer most layer of the skin.  
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essential dietary nutrients   nutrients that the body cannot synthesize at a sufficient rate to meet the body's needs and must be supplied by the diet.  
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cellulose   polysaccharide that is a component of dietary fiber; forms skeleton of most plant structures plant cells.  
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cholesterol   organic molecules that is formed in animal fats and oils, bile, blood, brain tissue, milk, eggs, yolk, myelin etc...  
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coenzymes   organic molecules that is often dervived from vitamins that are required by and enzyme to carry out a metabolic reaction.  
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bile   bitter greenish brown alkaline fluid that aids digestion and is secreted by the liver and is stored in the gallbladder.  
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myelin sheath   Schwann cells wrapped around an axon of a nerve cell that serve as insulation; increases speed of nerve impulse movement.  
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osteochondrosis   disease of growth; center of bones that is characterized by abnormal differentiation of cartalige.  
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zoonotic   a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans.  
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lifestage nutrition   practice of feeding a diet specifically designed to meet the nutritional needs of a dog or cat based on its age.  
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dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)   noninvasive technique that scans the body to determine bone density, lean body mass and fat distribution; adapted from human medicine for use with dogs and cats  
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