Ruminants
The part of the stomach that is first in the order of digestion in ruminants.
What is the rumen?
The organ where chemical digestion takes place.
What is the stomach?
The enzyme that digests starches into simple sugars
What is amylase?
A Carbohydrates function.
What nutrient provides for heat & energy?
Dry Weight / Wet Weight
DM %
The stomach compartment where microbial action takes place.
What is the rumen?
The smooth muscle action that pushes food through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
Two enzymes that break down protein in acidic conditions.
Pepsin & Renin
Fats provide ______ much more energy than carbohydrates per unit.
What is 2.25 times?
fingerlike projections in the rumen that provide home for bacteria
What is papillae?
In a ruminant, it is the most similar to a “true stomach” where chemical digestion occurs.
What is the abomasum?
Produces insulin and digestive enzymes
Pancreas
Catalysts which speed up chemical reactions
What is an enzyme?
Vitamins that are fat soluble (stored in fat)?
What are vitamins A, D, E, K?
Section of the small intestine that absorbs the most nutrients
Stomach compartment squeezes water and compacts chyme
Omassum
organ that allows some monogastrics to digest fiber for energy
What is the cecum?
Produced by the liver and helps digest fat.
What is Bile?
The only macromolecules that contains Nitrogen
What is protein?
What are protelytic enzymes?
What is reticulum?
three sections of the small intestine
Duodenum, ileum, jejunum,
Enzymes that digests fat
Lipolytic Enzyme
nutritional elements added to feedstuffs that are necessary in micro quantities.
Trace Minerals (Micro Minerals)
A lack of calcium and phosphorus cause an animal to develop this disease.
What is rickets?