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True/False:  During the breeding season, a stallion’s nutrient requirements are equivalent to a performance horse in moderate work.

Your region is experiencing a terrible drought and hay is hard to find. Which of the following feeds is NOT a suitable high fiber alternative to forage?

To help the broodmare transition out of lactation, explain how she should be fed in the period leading up to AND following the weaning of her foal.

When visually appraising a hay, which of these factors would be the least accurate for gauging stage of growth/maturity?

BONUS: {+1 pt}  For a feedstuff to be categorized as a roughage, what must be its defining characteristic?

**NOTE: questions 30-32 relate to the SAME horse** A horse rescue organization has asked you for some nutritional advice on a recently surrendered horse that needs to gain some weight. After evaluating Needsomegroceries, you score his body condition at 3.5 on the 1-9 BSC scale. If you wanted to increase this horse’s BCS to a 5.0, what is the minimum number of days that would be needed to do this safely? Enter your numerical answer in the box below (no unit of measure is required — it is assumed to be days).

ESSAY QUESTION: Choose ONE of the two essay questions (#29A or 29B) to answer. Read the question carefully and craft your answer using complete sentences. Be sure to indicate which essay question you selected to answer. {12 pts}

Which feed analysis measurement best reflects the simple sugars in a feed?

Ration Formulation:  Too Hot to Trot is a 5-year old, 472-kg Standardbred pacer who has been racing and competing at the top level in New York and New Jersey. He’s generally entered in a race every other week and has a record of 10 wins, 3 places, and 1 show this year. Use the Optimization Method to formulate a diet for this gelding based on DM, DE, crude protein and vitamin E. Your diet must maximize the amount of forage. The gelding is in intense work. His nutrient requirements are provided below, along with the nutrient composition of the hay and concentrate to be used (*NOTE: with the exception of %DM, all nutrient concentrations in the feeds are on a 100% DM basis). Your final answer should clearly indicate how much (kg) hay and how much (kg) concentrate that should be fed to Too Hot to Trot to meet his requirements. Type in your answers in the box below. Nutrient DM DE CP Vitamin E Requirements _____ kg 32.6 Mcal 948 g 944 IU/kg   FEED DM (as-fed basis) DE (DM basis) CP (DM basis) Vitamin E (DM basis) Timothy Hay 87 % 2.3 Mcal/kg 9 % 72 IU/kg Go-Fast pelleted concentrate 90 % 3.7 Mcal/kg 12 % 89 IU/kg

13. (8 points) Find the exact value of the following. a.