Unit 3 Animal Nutrition

Classification, Sources, physiological functions and deficiency symptoms of Major and trace minerals and Toxic minerals and Mineral interactions and Role of fat-soluble and water soluble vitamins in the body, their sources and deficiency symptoms. 

UPSC PYQs

1. Why is Vitamin A important for the animal body? What are the deficiency symptoms of Vitamin A in animals? (2014)
2. Enumerate the water soluble vitamins. Write the coenzymes or prosthetic groups and enzymic or other functions of B vitamins. Write the functions and deficiency symptoms of Vitamin E in poultry? (2015)
3. Write in brief about mucosal block theory of iron absorption? (2017)
4. Write in brief about the role of Vitamin A in vision? (2017)
5. Differentiate between curled toe paralysis and polyneuritis? (2017)
6. What are the common sources of calcium and phosphorus? How high intake of calcium affects the utilization of other minerals? Explain how nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism develops in animals? (2017)
7. Write in brief about nutrient parasite interrelationship ? ( 2018)
8. Write in brief about the role of Vitamin D in calcium absorption? (2018)
9. Write the Chemical nature, physiological functions and deficiency symptoms of Vitamin A in animals? (2018)
10. Mention different metalloenzymes and their functions in livestock? (2018)
11. Classify the minerals and explain the role of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D in bone formation? (2019)
12. Classify vitamins. What do you mean by essential and non- essential vitamins? Mention the coenzymes and enzyme prosthetic groups of B vitamins along with their function in metabolism? (2020)
13. Describe the mineral deficiency disorders of animals? (2022)
14. Mention the general functions of minerals in animals. Justify the importance of Vitamin D in optimum calcium and phosphorus nutrition in animals? (2023).         

Minerals

Classification, Sources, physiological functions and deficiency symptoms of Major and trace minerals and Toxic minerals and Mineral interactions

Vitamins

Role of fat-soluble and water soluble vitamins in the body, their sources and deficiency symptoms.