Define the terms nutrient and nutrition


Nutrient refers to a single class of foods or group of foods of the same general chemical composition
that supports animal life. Nutrition refers to the animal receiving a proper and balanced food and water
ration so that it can grow, maintain its body, reproduce, and supply or produce the things we expect
from it.

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