Digestive System
The number of compartments the ruminant stomach has
4 compartments
What are the different categories of feedstuffs?
Cereal grains, protein, minerals, forages, and other feedstuff
What are the six nutrients?
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, water
What is the disease where a piece of metal is in the reticulum?
Hardware
True or False:
Horses are ruminants
False
They are hindgut fermenters
The animals that have a ruminant stomach
Goats, sheep, cattle, deer, camels, llamas, giraffes
What is common in equine rations?
Oats
What are the two minerals classified into?
Macro and micro
How do you prevent hardware disease?
Give the cow a magnet to swallow so that the metal pieces stick to it
How many gallons a day does cattle drink?
30 gallons
For the digestion of mass quantities of roughages
Which protein can taint meat if fed too closely to harvest?
Fish meal
A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life
What is it called when a change in the population proportion of microorganisms inhabiting the rumen affects the digestion processes of ruminants?
Rumen dysbiosis
How big can the rumen be?
As big as a 50 gallon drum
The names of the compartments in a ruminant stomach
Rumen, reticulum, abomasum, omasum
Which mineral can be deadly to sheep if they're given too much of it?
Copper sulfate
What are the 3 bone forming minerals?
Calcium, phosphorus, magnesium
True or false:
A right displaced abomasum is more severe than a left displaced abomasum
True
What does the cardiac valve allow a ruminant to do?
To regurgitate feedstuffs to be chewed repeatedly
How can a ruminant digest their food?
The microorganisms inside them break down cellulose and make the nutrients absorbable.
What are disadvantages of timothy (forage)?
Short stand life, low quality when cut late, clumpy growth habits, and sensitivity to hot temperatures
Proteins are chains of ___ different amino acids.
22
What happens with a right displaced abomasum?
The abomasum moves up the right abdominal wall and becomes trapped above the omasum resulting in a build up of gas and fluid.
How many jaw movements does a cow make?
40,000-60,000