Ruminant Digestion

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Herbivores (really slow process)

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Esophagus

  • 2 way system

    • swallow up and down

  • Very evolutionary helpful

    • can store food and then keep eating

  • Mouth → reticulum/rumen → mouth

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Reticulum

1st chamber

  • Functions as a trap for indigestible stuff

  • sends the right amount of feed back up to the esophagus

    (*called tripe at grocery store)

<p>1st chamber</p><ul><li><p>Functions as a trap for indigestible stuff</p></li><li><p>sends the right amount of feed back up to the esophagus</p><p>(*called tripe at grocery store)</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Rumen

2nd chamber

  • fermentation (microbial digestion)

  • rumen microbes: bacteria, fungi, protozoa, yeast

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rumen microbial contribution

  • energy

  • protein: amino acids

  • vitamins: B complex

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Omasum

3rd chamber

  • strainer

    • filters large particles from small ones

    • large particles stay in rumen

    • small particles go to abomasum

<p>3rd chamber</p><ul><li><p>strainer</p><ul><li><p>filters large particles from small ones</p></li><li><p>large particles stay in rumen </p></li><li><p>small particles go to abomasum</p></li></ul></li></ul><p></p>
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abomasum

4th chamber

  • chemical digestion occurs here

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Small intestine

  • chemical digestion

  • absorption of what is soluable

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Cecum

  • functional

  • more microbial digestion

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Large intestine

include colon and cecum

  • solidifies poop

  • more water metabolism