animal nutrition
What beasts eat
Animal nutrition is the study of how animals obtain and use nutrients from food for growth, energy, reproduction, and health maintenance.
The field encompasses dietary requirements, feed composition, and digestive processes across species—from livestock to pets to wildlife.
She studied animal nutrition to improve feeding programs at the dairy farm.
- forageSeek food actively
- hay baleCompressed dried grasses
- proteinFolded amino chain
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- amino acidProtein's molecular subunit
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