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In Chapter 40, "Animal Nutrition," you were introduced to the basics of animal nutritional requirements, ways in which animals obtain food, and how our bodies process and utilize these nutrients through digestion. In the last section of the chapter, 40.4, Achieving Nutritional Homeostasis: Glucose as a Case Study, your knowledge of animal nutrition was challenged in order to understand the complex ways the homeostatic processes of glucose control can be altered in the disease diabetes. The following set of Websites will serve as resource sites that will help you to increase your understanding of the concepts you learned in this chapter and possibly lead you to other interesting areas in the field of animal nutrition.

40.1 Nutritional Requirements
Vitamins
Another Scientific American article, by Dr. Christine Rosenbloom from Georgia State University, discusses the differences between vitamin supplements and those vitamins that are obtained from the food we eat. Follow the link to her research site to learn more about her work on nutrition and follow the related links at the bottom of the article.
Keywords: nutrition, vitamins, health

Nutrition and Good Health
This article discusses the state of nutrition and health in the United States. It relates much of the information on essential nutrients from the chapter to the overall status of personal eating habits in the country.
Keywords: essential nutrients, health, nutritional requirements

40.2 Obtaining Food: The Structure and Function of Beaks, Teeth, and Mouthparts

Insect Mouthparts and Feeding Behavior
This great site includes several videos on insect feeding specialization. These videos, and the corresponding links and text, describe how specific forms of mouthparts relate to specific feeding behaviors. Note the mosquito video and the graduate students that gave up their skin for education science videos!
Keywords: mouthparts, acquiring food, insects

40.3 Digestion

Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
This journal, a subsidiary of the American Physiological Journal, focuses on medical research in gastrointestinal and liver physiology. Explore the different issues to learn about current research in the field.
Keywords: physiology, digestion

Digestion
This Australian site is a terrific learning resource for the gastrointestinal system. Follow the links through the different structures and stages of the digestive process.
Keywords: digestion, physiology, anatomy

American Gastroenterology Association
The American Gastroenterology Association sponsors this fantastic resource site. Follow links to information on many diseases that affect the digestive system, as well as many research sites on gastrointestinal physiology.
Keywords: research, gastroenterology, physiology

40.4 Achieving Nutritional Homeostasis: Glucose as a Case Study

American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association's site provides a wide variety of links about diabetes. Follow the various informational links to understand more about the disease as well as ongoing research in the field.
Keywords: diabetes, medical research, resource information

Banting and Best Diabetes Center
The Banting and Best Diabetes Center, named after Frederick Banting and Charles Best, offers links to the latest in both basic diabetes research and the current clinical trials under way to identify and characterize useful treatment regimes. Follow the links of individual professors to learn more about their research.
Keywords: Banting and Best, research, diabetes

Chapter 40: Animal Nutrition

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