Anatomy
What is the mouth?
The process when the body takes up nutrients after going through digestion
What is absorption?
Two examples of ruminants
Protein is the most abundant ______
What is a macromolecule?
The hollow muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
What is the esophagus?
The organ where the physical breakdown of feedstuffs begins in avian species
What is the gizzard?
Most proteins absorbed in the small intestine of what GI system classification are of microbial origin
What are ruminants?
The compartment of a ruminant's stomach that is known as a "Butcher's Bible"
What is the omasum?
Two purposes of saliva in aiding digestion
The production of bile in the liver is important for the digestion of what macromolecule
The site where protein digestion begins in monogastrics
What is the stomach?
The compartment of a cow's stomach where hardware disease is likely to occur
What is the reticulum?
The site where absorption of VFA's (volatile fatty acids) occurs in hind-gut fermentors
What is the large intestine?
This structure in young ruminants allows for milk to bypass the rumen and reticulum to allow for the absorption of high-quality proteins and immunoglobulins
What is a reticular groove?
They are amino acids produced in an adequate supply by the body
What are nonessential amino acids?
The segment(s) of the small intestine where absorption occurs
What is jejunum and ileum?
The villi found in the jejunum and ileum of the small intestine allow for more absorption by doing this
What is increasing surface area?
In some hind-gut fermentors, it is custom to see the eating of feces in order to obtain what nutrient back
What is (microbial) protein?
NPN can cause a non-accurate CP value, _________ is a better measurement to describe protein content
What are amino acids?