COMPARATIVE ANIMAL NUTRITION
Nutrients and their assimilation, function, and interactions that affect metabolism in mammals. Differences among species will be used to emphasize unique digestive and physiological functions and how these differences affect metabolism of nutrients. Humans will be used in some comparisons. Follows physiological progression of nutrients, starting with an overview of the digestive tract followed by water and builds on specific roles of nutrients and substrates needed to provide basic processes required for maintenance, tissue accretion, and homeostatic regulation of nutrients.
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Requisites: CHEM 341 , 343 , ( BIOCHEM 301 or concurrent enrollment), or ( BIOCHEM 501 or concurrent enrollment) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall and summarize the cellular, tissue, and whole-body metabolism and function of nutrients Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify key elements of digestive anatomy that enable digestion and absorption of consumed nutrients Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the physiological processes required for assimilation of consumed macro- and micro-nutrients Audience: Undergraduate 4. Compare the similarities and differences in nutritional and metabolic strategies across species Audience: Undergraduate 5. Evaluate the interactions between nutrients, animals, environment, physiological status, and functions and integrate these interactions to understand whole-animal nutrition Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall and summarize the cellular, tissue, and whole-body metabolism and function of nutrients Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify key elements of digestive anatomy that enable digestion and absorption of consumed nutrients Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the physiological processes required for assimilation of consumed macro- and micro-nutrients Audience: Undergraduate 4. Compare the similarities and differences in nutritional and metabolic strategies across species Audience: Undergraduate 5. Evaluate the interactions between nutrients, animals, environment, physiological status, and functions and integrate these interactions to understand whole-animal nutrition Audience: Undergraduate
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- COMPARATIVE ANIMAL NUTRITION · 3 credits.