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| horses chew more for ______ than ______ |
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| this stimulates saliva in horses |
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| Physical presence of feed |
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| amount of saliva produced by horses per day |
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| enzymatic activity of horse saliva |
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| Little to no enzymatic activity |
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| function of horse saliva in digestive system |
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| Provides lubrication and buffers proximal stomach |
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| a chemical horse saliva contains |
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| c'tration of sodium bicarbonate in horse saliva is directly proportional to... |
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| function of horse esophagus |
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| Transports food from mouth to stomach by muscular contractions |
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| horse esophagus located on... |
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| depiction of the equine digestive tract |
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| Esophageal Impaction (Choke) in horses |
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| Foreign object or feed lodging in esophagus |
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| some things that can cause Esophageal Impaction (Choke) in horses |
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-rapid eating
-poor dentition
-inadequate water
-consumption of bedding |
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| what Esophageal Impaction (Choke) may do to horses |
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-May damage esophagus
-regurgitation of food from mouth and nostrils |
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| where most of the digestion occurs in horses |
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which part of the horse digestive system is number 1?
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which part of the horse digestive system is number 2?
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which part of the horse digestive system is number 3?
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which part of the horse digestive system is number 4?
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| cecum (on right side of body cavity) |
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which part of the horse digestive system is number 5?
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which part of the horse digestive system is number 6?
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which part of the horse digestive system is number 7?
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| how long food remains in horse stomach |
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| Digesta remains a short time, dependent on feedstuff |
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| types of sphincters in horse stomach |
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| types of mucousal surfaces in horse stomach |
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| function of the squamous region of horse stomach |
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| the regions on the glandular surface of the horse stomach |
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| function of the fundic region of the glandular surface of the horse stomach |
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| pyloric region of the glandular surface of the horse stomach produces... |
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| types of cells in fundic region of the glandular surface of the horse stomach |
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| Parietal cells produce... |
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| Chiefpepsin cells produce... |
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| empty pH in horse stomach |
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| size of stomach in horse digestive tract |
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| Small! – 8-10% of GI tract |
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| how long feed can stay in rumen |
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| Feed can stay in rumen for couple days |
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| size of small intestine in horse digestive tract |
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| Approximately 70 feet (30% tract) |
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| rate of passage in horse digestive tract |
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| Sections of the horse small intestine |
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| in the horse digestive system, the small intestine is the primary site of digestion and absorption of... |
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| some Enzymatic secretions that are secreted into the small intestine |
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-Pancreatic juice
-bile
-Disaccharidases |
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| activity level of pancreatic juices in horses |
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| some pancreatic juices secreted into the small intestine |
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-trypsin
lipases
-amylases
-alkali
-bicarbonates |
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| what bile is designed to do |
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| the activity of disaccharidases secreted into the horse small intestine changes with... |
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| function of the trypsin, lipases, and amylases secreted by the pancreas into the small intestine |
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| digestion of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates |
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| function of alkali and bicarbonates secreted by pancreas into small intestine |
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| buffer the acid ingesta leaving the stomach |
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| size of larfe intestine compared to horse digestive system |
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| sections of the horse large intestine |
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-cecum
-large colon
-small colon |
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| the digestion that occurs in the horse large intestine |
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| how long food can stay in the horse large intestine |
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| in horses, the fermentation of digesta is beneficial for... |
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| some types of microbes that live in the horse large intestine |
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| is defaunation of protozoa in the horse large intestine harmful? |
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| the amount of bacteria in the large intestine of a horse is influenced by... |
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| one way impactions in the horse large intestine can occur |
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| Impactions can occur in horses normally fed grain, then hay |
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| some conditions that can happen in the large intestine in horses that are fed hay then grain |
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| the 2 comon probems with horse feeding |
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Impactions can occur in horses normally fed grain, then hay
Laminitis and colic in hay to grain fed horses |
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| hormone which secretes gastric acid – 10-30 liters. Continues during feeding |
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| some fermentation products |
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-VFA (volatile fatty acids)
-Electrolytes
-Water |
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| some VFA (volatile fatty acids) |
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-Acetate
-propionate
-butyrate
-lactate |
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| size of GI tract in neonatal foal |
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| 3.5% BW is GI tract, 3.5% liver |
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| size of stomach in neonatal foal |
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| Stomach greater than 10% of GI tract |
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| what large liver does for neonatal foal |
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| what happens to size of GI tract and liver as foal matures to mature horse? |
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| Tract increases in size while liver remains the same |
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| size of small intestine increases until... |
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| why size of small intestine increases with age |
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| because of the horse eating more |
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| why forages are necessary for feeding horses |
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-Maintain gut health
-Decreases vices |
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| weight of forages that horses should consume |
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| Minimum 1% of body weight |
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| how grain should be used in terms of feeding horses |
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| Use to supplement pasture/hay program; not a necessity |
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| amount of grain a horse should consume |
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| No more than 0.75% BW at one time |
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| how often a horse should consume grain |
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| Evenly spaced, regular feedings |
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| the amount of food a horse should consume |
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| how the feed or amount of feed given to a horse should be changed |
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| Change type of feed or amount gradually over 1 week |
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| why the feed or amount of feed given to a horse should be changed gradually over 1 week |
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| amount of time needed for a horse to adapt to dietary changes |
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| for horses, protein ______ is more important than ______ |
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| the first limiting amino acid for horses |
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| percent of forage and concentrate needed for weanling horses |
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| 30% forage, 70% concentrate |
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| percent of forage and concentrate needed for yearling horses |
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| 40% forage, 60% concentrate |
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| why horses pursue more roughage as they get older |
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| because as the animal grows, the hindgut increases in size |
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| in horses, complex carbohydrates are digested at... |
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| in cows, complex carbohydrates are digested at... |
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| function of mouth in horses |
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| reduction of particle size,no remastication |
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| function of mouth in ruminants |
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| function of stomach in horses |
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| protein and starch digestion, lip metabolism |
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| function of stomach in ruminants |
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| lipid, sugar, protein + CHO, there are some energy losses, microbial FA and proteins are also produced. These are digested in lower GI |
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| function of small intestine in horses |
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| absorbtion of lipids and proteins |
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| function of small intestine in ruminants |
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| absorbtion of lipids and proteins |
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| function of large intestine in horses |
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| micorbial degradation and absorption of FA |
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| Pancreatic juice stimulated by... |
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| presence of feed in stomach, secretion continuous but gets heavier with food |
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| pancreatic secretion gets heavier with... |
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| when secretion of bile ceases |
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| secretion ceases after 48 hr fast |
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