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Nutrition and Metabolism

Nutrition Learning Objectives
Metabolism
Absorptive State: Anabolism • Define and be able to explain the signifi-
Postabsorptive State: Catabolism cance of the bold italic terms in this
chapter.
Energy Needs During Exercise • How does the metabolism and excretion
Blood Glucose in Ruminants of water‐soluble versus fat‐soluble vita-
Ketosis mins impact their toxicity?
• Briefly describe the events of the absorp-
tive state following ingestion of a meal.
• Describe how adipose tissue and the
liver function to maintain blood glucose
in the postabsorptive state.
• Illustrate the roles of insulin and gluca-
gon in the regulation of glucose.
• Describe why the blood glucose levels of
normal adult cattle are lower than that
of other herbivores and what this means
for gluconeogenesis.
• Compare and contrast the events of
ketosis in cattle versus energy needs
during exercise.

Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Eighth Edition. Anna Dee Fails and Christianne Magee.
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