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| The physiological desire for feed after a period of fasting |
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| A learned or habitual response to the presence of feed |
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| An animal that recieves all of its necessary nutrients from a meat-only diet |
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| An animal that recieves all of its necessary nutrients from a plant-only diet |
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| An animal that must consume a mixture of plant and animal materials in order to receive its necessary nutrients |
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| The expulsion of feed from the esophagus or rumen, back to the mouth, before organismal digestion |
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| Rythmic, involuntary muscle contractions - through out the digestive tract to move feed along |
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| Term for a build-up of gases - can be fatal in ruminants |
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| To better utilize low-quality feeds by taking advantage of microbial digestion prior to organismal digestion and absorption |
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| Secreted in the stomach of young mammals, rennin is an enzyme responsible for the breakdown of milk protein |
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| Function of the crop (avian) |
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| To store and moisten feed |
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| In young ruminants, responsible for passing milk from the esophagus, pass the first three compartments and directly into the Abomasum. This allows for immidiate digestion and absorption of the milk and bypasses the rumen which has yet to develop a proper microbial population |
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| The two main gases expelled with erucation |
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| Carbon Dioxide [CO(subnote 2)] and Methane [CH(subnote 4)] |
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| Benefit of Cropophagy among Rabbits |
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| The rabbit's cecum is located after the small intestine. To obtain the nutrient benefits of microbial digestion produced in the cecume, the rabbit must eat its feces. The microbes have released nutrients from the undigested plant portions, and added protein and vitamins |
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| Enzyme which breaks starches into maltose |
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| Enzyme which breaks down milk sugar |
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| Enzyme which breaks down table sugar |
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| Another term for belching - necessary in ruminants |
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| Omasum, also called the bible stomach. Called such due to the structure being similar to pages in a book |
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| the Rumen, referred to as such because it takes up the majority of stomach space, sticking out when its full |
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| Also refered to as the true stomach; where HCl acid and pepsin digest remaining feed |
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| Another term for the reticulum, also called the hardware stomach; where foreign materials are caught so as not to pass through the rest of the digestive tract. |
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| Acetic, butyric, propionic |
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Aerobic Respiration:
One molecule of glucose yeilds ___ molecules of ATP and ___ kcal of energy
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38 molecules of ATP
304 kcal
8 Calories (kcal) |
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The ten essential amino acids
Phenylalanin Tryptophan Histidine
Valine. Isoleucine. Arginine
Thereonine. Methionine. Leucine
Lysine
(Poultry- Cystine, Glycine, Tyrosine
Carnivores- Taurine) |
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