Nutrition 1
substance or chemical compound required by theanimal for productive purposes
nutrient
grains and by-products used by animals
feed
simple stomach; humans, pigs, and horses
monogastric
contains leaves of tissue, pages of a book, absorbs water in ingesta
omasum
aids in fat digestionand is produced in the liver
bile
interrelated steps involved in assimilating food by theanimal for use in tissue repair, growth, and normal function
nutrition
associated with human food
foodstuffs
multi-compartmented stomach: cattle and sheep
ruminant
allows milk to travel directly from the mouth to the abomasum in young ruminant animals such as calves and lambs
reticular groove
found in the rumen of cattle after slaughter, consists of all the hair they have licked off of themselves and others in their lifetime
hairball
total amount of material an animal would be consumingin one day
ration
associated with animal feed
feedstuffs
true stomach, glands produce hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes
abomasum
part of the stomach in monogastric that connects to the duodenum
Pyloric region
digestive disorder that is fatalin horses
colic
mixture of feedstuffs available for the animal to providethe nutrients
diet
way in which ananimal gets food into theirbody
prehension
sector of stomach where fermentation occurs, largest stomach compartment
rumen
valve in monogastric stomachs that opens and closes to allow partially digested food to pass through
pyloric sphincter
another term for the large intestine
proximal colon
nutrients consumed in breads, vegetable, and/or meats
food
process ofchewing food
mastication
honeycomb, hardware disease
reticulum
area of microbialdigestion, also known as ablind sac
Cecum
soft mass of chewed food
bolus