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22-Agric-A1 Applied Plant, Animal or Human Physiology: May 2013

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  1. Question 1 The Metabolic Heat Production Curve and the Seven Thermal Zones
  2. Question 2 Factors Affecting the Lower Critical Temperature
  3. Question 3 Partitioning of Feed Energy and External Stressors
  4. Question 4 Heat-Flow Paths from the Body Core and Their Physiological Control
  5. Question 5 Sensible Heat Production of a Barn of Pigs
  6. Question 6 Photoperiod versus Light Intensity in Animal Production

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Paper format. 04-Agric-A1 Animal or Human Physiology, National Exams May 2013 — a three-hour closed-book examination; one of two approved calculator models (Casio or Sharp) is permitted. The cover page states that five (5) questions constitute a complete exam paper and that only the first five as they appear in the answer book are marked, that each question is of equal value, and that full marks are not available for a bare correct answer — the reasoning must be communicated clearly. All six printed questions are worked here, because the set is a study resource rather than a timed attempt.

Reference texts. S.E. Curtis, Environmental Management in Animal Agriculture (thermoneutral zone, lower/upper critical temperature and the factors that shift them, group and flooring effects); D. McDonald et al., Animal Nutrition, 7th ed. (gross/digestible/metabolizable/net energy partition, heat increment of feeding); M.K. Yousef (ed.), Stress Physiology in Livestock (external stressors and energy partition, thermoregulatory heat-flow pathways); P.D. Lewis and T.R. Morris, Poultry Lighting: the Theory and Practice (photoperiod versus light-intensity reciprocity); ASABE Standards (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) (metabolic body-size scaling and sensible heat production of livestock).