Ruminants
How many compartments do Ruminant animals have?
4
Define monogastric
"one" stomach
2 animals that have a Pseudo-ruminant digestive system
Rabbits and horses
What animals have an avian digestive system?
Birds
What does the large intestine absorb?
Water
What are 4 animals that have a ruminant stomach
Cattle, goats, sheep, and deer
What are 3 animals we talked about that have a monogastric stomach?
Pigs, cats, dogs
What part of this digestive system is enlarged compared to others?
Cecum
What acts as the teeth of a chicken?
The gizzard
What are 3 different parts of the small intestine?
Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum
Name all 4 compartments in order
Rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum
What is the first step in the monogastric digestive system
The animal picks up the food with the mouth
What do these animals eat large amounts of?
Forages (grasses and hay)
What part stores food until the animal is hungry?
Crops
What are the 3 main nutrients that get absorbed by the small intestine?
Starch, proteins, and fats
The animal regurgitates the food and rechews it, what is the animal chewing?
Cud
The mouth does what kind of digestive process?
Mechanical and Chemical
2 other names we call Pseudo-Ruminants?
Hindgut fermenters and Cecal fermenters
What part is considered the "true stomach"
Proventriculus
What % of each nutrient gets absorbed by the small intestine?
Starch: 90%
Protein: 90%
Fats: 40-60%
Known as the "true stomach"
The abomasum
Does Keegan have a monogastric simple stomach digestive system?
YES!!
What is colic-gas?
Fast changes in a horse’s diet can lead to too much fermentation, which leads to an increase in gas production and gas colic
Involuntary muscle contractions in the esophagus that food the food to the stomach?
Peristalsis