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Digestion
Breakdown of food by the digestive system in preparation for absorption.
Three Ways in which digestion occurs
Physical and mechanical action Chemical Action Enzyme Action
Physical or Mechanical Action
The physical and mechanical action of chewing (mastication) and muscular action of the digestive tract (peristalsis).
Chemical Action
The chemical action of hydrochloric acid, which is used by the stomach to denature proteins and bile used in the small intestine to help digest fats.
Enzyme Action
The action of enzymes, which increase the speed of the breakdown of the chemical bonds in foods by the addition of a water molecule (hydrolytic enzyme)
Three basic analytical methods commonly used to analyze feeds for nutrient content.
Chemical Procedures: standard chemistry applied to feeds Biological Procedures: use of animals to test the feeds Microbiological Procedures: similar to biological but use bacteria in place of higher animals
Feed analysis
properly feeding livestock requires knowledge of the nutrients found in the feedstuffs available and balancing of these nutrients to meet the physiological needs for the species in question a comprehensive evaluation procedure discovers nutrient composition DIGESTIBILITY, productive valu…
Dry Matter
Dry matter is determined by heating a feed sample until all water has evaporated.
Ash
Ash is considered the mineral content of the feed stuff (non-organic matter)
Crude Protein
Crude Protein is determined by the kjeldahl process.
Kjeldahl Process
Isolates and measures the nitrogen in a feed.
Monogastric
one-stomached or simple stomach animal
Ruminants
Pseudoruminant
Llamas
Three digestive categories
Prehension
the means an animal uses to bring food into its mouth, is the first step of digestion.
Mastication
or chewing, involves the vertical and lateral action of the jaw and teeth to crush food
Salivation
includes secretion and mixing of saliva with food
Deglutition
is the passing of food and water (or anything else) from the mouth
Glandular Stomach
Where significant chemical and enzymatic gidetion begins, which is similar in most animals
Proventriculus
Chickens stomach
Abomasum
Cows stomach, last compartment
Duodenum
is the first part of the small intestine. It extends fromt he pylorus of the stomach to the beginning of the jejunum.
Jejunum
Is the second part of the small intestine and longest part. Digestion continues here, but absorption of the end products of digestion is its major function.
ileum
is the third part of the small intestine. Its major job is to form the connection to the large intestine, but absorption occurs here too.
Small Intestine
chief site of food digestion and nutrient absorption for monogastrics.
Chyme
The name given to the material consisting of food, saliva, and gastric secretions. It is very acidic.
Alkaline secretions in Chyme
Chyme is mixed in the duodenum with three alkaline secretions. -bile -pancreatic juice -succus entericus (intestinal juice)
Defecation
Is the discharge of excrement from the body via the rectum or cloaca.
Micturition
is urination. The components of urine include the nitrogen compounds- urea in mammals and uric acid in birds and other species
Digestion in the Pig
The pig is omnivorous, which means it eats and uses feed ingredients of both animal and plant origin.
Eructation
Belching. Removing gas from the rumen via the esophagus.
Bloat
Also called Ruminal Bloat. an over-distention of the rumen and reticulum with the gases of fermentation.
Symbiosis
The animal benefits because the microorganisms digest feeds it could not otherwise use and generate nutrients it needs.
Bird Stomach
similar to monogastric stomach except for the lack of teeth and the presence of the gizzard and the crop. The gizzard or ventriculus is a highly specialized grinding organ
Horse Stomach
-The horse is a non-ruminant herbivore -Capable of using roughage because they have an active cecal bacterial population that digests fiber. -capacity of stomach is smaller than other mammals. -Fats are absorbed in the small intestine -
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