ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
DIGESTION IN DIFFERENT ANIMALS
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Rumen
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Gizzard
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Crop
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Gullet
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Detailed explanation-1: -DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Unlike cows, chickens do not have a rumen so are not able to digest the cellulose of forage. This is important when pasturing chickens.
Detailed explanation-2: -A quick tour of the digestive system: Esophagus (Gullet): Transports food from the mouth to the stomach. Crop: A pouch in the esophagus used to store food temporarily before moving it on to the stomach. Stomach (Proventriculus/Gizzard): Principally the organ where food is broken into smaller units.
Detailed explanation-3: -Non-ruminant animals are animals with a single-compartment stomach, such as swine, poultry, horses, dogs, cats, and humans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ruminant stomachs have four compartments: the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum and the abomasum. Rumen microbes ferment feed and produce volatile fatty acids, which is the cow’s main energy source.