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Across 1. In addition to needing higher levels of protein and energy, growing puppies also need higher levels of ____ for bone and teeth development. 4. If an animal is fed three set meals a day and eats all it wants to at these meals, this animal is being "___ ____". 6. In a neonatal puppy, this supplies the glucose needed by the brain 10. At about 6 weeks gestation, a pregnant bitch should be switched to a good quality _____ food. 12. Performance dogs and dogs living in cold temperatures have __ energy requirments - up to 5 times maintenance. 13. Cats cannot produce this from carotene - they must get it in their diet. 14. A cat is being fed a food that is 10% moisture. This would be classified as a ___ food. 15. Neonates are very prone to this condition because they are small and have no body fat. 16. Pregnant cats should be fed a ____ kitten food ad lib. 17. Obese puppies are much more likely to have _____ issues as they get older. 20. When balancing a ration, this is generally the most nutritionally and economically important nutrient. 22. The nutrient/energy requirements for a senior/geriatric animal are generally ____ than when he was a younger adult. 25. This a type of large animal feed that is generally high in protein, vitamins, and minerals, and is fed with other feeds. 27. This is a way of feeding an animals where the amount of food it gets is restricted. 29. Cats have a higher ___ requirement than almost any other species (ferrets, some reptiles). 31. The amount of a dietary nutrient that an animal can actually digest and utilize. 32. ___ breeds of dogs may not be considered to be adults until 24 months of age. 36. If feeding a very young orphaned puppy a milk replacer, we can only feed about ___ mL at a time. 37. __ ___ puppy foods generally have less calories, less fat, and a little less calcium and phosphorus than regular puppy foods. 38. During late pregnancy and lactation, a female may need up to ___ times the energy she did when she wasn't pregnant. 40. The goals for feeding aging dogs are to maintain an ideal BCS and prevent or delay any age-related ____. 42. It is better to keep growing puppies a little on the ___ side, rather than too heavy. 43. An adult animal that is not pregnant, lactating, breeding, or working hard is in this stage/phase. 44. The protein in milk comes from _______. 48. At this stage of an animal's life cycle, all of its nutrition comes from the mother's milk. 49. Smaller breeds of dogs are considered to be adults at about __ months of age. 52. A puppy that will be 50 lbs as an adult should gain about 75 ___ per day as a puppy. 53. This part of a small animal ration is very concentrated (in vitamins, trace minerals, antibiotics, etc.) and only a little is added to the ration 54. The energy requirement of a pregnant animal increases with the number of ____ she is carrying. 55. Using the 1-5 scale, this is the ideal BCS for adult dogs 56. Kittens can often be gradually switched to adult cat food at ___ months of age. 57. The ____________ or smaller the animal, the more AAs, energy, vitamins, and minerals are required per kg of body weight.

Down 2. This is the "first milk" produced by a neonate's mother and is very important for both nutrition and immunity. 3. Unless overweight, many adult cats can be fed "__ ___"; senior cats may require meal feeding. 5. This is the only digestive enzyme a neonate has. 7. A ____ animal generally has decreased organ function and decreased immune function. 8. It is normal for a ____ queen to lose some body condition. 9. On a dry matter basis, mother's milk contains ROUGHLY ___% protein, fat, and lactose. 11. Feeding a senior dog or cat a dry food, or a dental diet will help control _____ disease. 15. Neonates are very prone to this condition if they don't eat because they have no glycogen stores. 18. Dogs and cats are normally fed a ______ food, where no supplementation is necessary. 19. This is the period of the highest nutritional demand in a female dog's life. 21. The nutritional demands of a pregant animal are greatest during the last _________. 23. If an animal is eating a diet that is very energy dense, they will need a higher level of _____ in the diet. 24. Cats are true ___, meaning that they don't require carbohydrates at any point during their lives. 25. Gestation in the bitch generally lasts about ___ ___ days. 26. The protein in a senior diet should be high quality and very _____. 28. A 200 g neonatal puppy requires about ___ mL of milk per day. 30. Cats need this amino acid supplemented in the diet. 33. In cats, the glucose needed by the brain comes from the conversion of ___ ___. 34. a senior cat's diet should be low in Na, P, and K to decrease stress on the _____. 35. If we were comparing the protein levels of a dry and a canned food, we would need to look at the percentages on a ___ _____ basis to accurately compare them. 39. Neonates need these two nutrients right after birth, as they have no glycogen stores and almost no body fat. 41. When we are balancing a ration, we usually balance this first. 45. Heavily pregnant bitches usually have to be fed __ __ to maintain their body conditon. 46. An animal will generally stop eating once it has met its _______ requirement. 47. It is important that ___ is gradual to allow an animal time to start producing the digestive enzymes it needs to digest solid food. 49. Kittens will double their birth weight every 7-10 days for the first ___ weeks of life. 50. Unlike dogs, a pregnant ____ nutritional requirements start to increase very early in gestation. 51. Puppies should be fed 3-4 times a day until they are about ___ months of age.