carbohydrates
Where in the digestive system of monogastric animals are carbohydrates absorbed?
What is the small intestine
Where are proteins primarily digested in monogastric animals?
What is the stomach and duodenum?
Where does fat digestion primarily occur in monogastric animals?
What is the duodenum?
Name an example of a monogastric animal
What is a pig?
Name an example of a ruminant animal.
What is a cow?
What enzyme starts carbohydrate digestion in the mouth of monogastric animals?
What is amylase
What enzyme in the stomach starts protein digestion in monogastric animals?
What is pepsin?
What substance aids in the digestion of fats in monogastric animals?
What is bile?
Do monogastric animals rely on microbial fermentation for digestion?
What is no?
How many compartments does a ruminant stomach have?
What is 4?
How do ruminant animals break down carbohydrates differently from monogastric animals?
What is microbial fermentation in the rumen?
How do ruminants digest proteins?
What is microbial fermentation and digestion of microbial protein?
How do ruminants handle fat differently than monogastric animals?
What are rumen microbes digest some fats into one specific VFA?
What part of the monogastric digestive system is most important for nutrient absorption?
What is the small intestine?
What is the function of the rumen in ruminant animals?
What is the main carbohydrate source produced by microbial fermentation in ruminants?
What is volatile fatty acids (VFAs)?
What happens to Rumen undegradable protein (RUP) in ruminants?
what is they passes into the abomasum to be chemically digested into amino acids
What are the products of fat digestion in monogastric animals that get absorbed?
What are fatty acids?
What is the primary end product of carbohydrate digestion in monogastric animals?
What is glucose?
What are the microorganisms in the rumen responsible for?
What is breaking down cellulose and other plant material?
Which carbohydrate, commonly found in grass, is broken down by microbes in the rumen?
What is cellulose?
What accounts for the main source of protein to a grazing ruminant animal?
What is microbial protein?
Where do fats come from in a ruminant diet?
What is fats can be supplied in larger quantities through oilseed meals, such as cottonseed, copra meal and soyabean meal, for high production in animals.
Why do monogastric animals have a simpler digestive system compared to ruminants?
What is they do not have a symbiotic relationship with microbes to ferment nutrients?
In ruminants, what happens to the VFAs produced during fermentation?
What is they are absorbed through the rumen wall and used as an energy source?