What is the difference between the digestive system of a ruminant and a nonruminant animal?
What will be an ideal response?
Ruminant animals differ from nonruminants in several ways:
(a) The ruminant stomach consists of four compartments.
(b) Food material in the ruminant system is acted on by millions of bacteria and microorganisms.
(c) These bacteria and microorganisms transform low-quality protein and some nitrogen compounds into
essential amino acids.
(d) The bacteria and microorganisms also aid in the manufacture of needed vitamins, including the
B-complex group.
(e) Food material not fully digested in the rumen can be regurgitated in the form of cud. The animal chews
on this cud and then swallows it back down into the rumen for further digestion.
(f) The ruminant digestive system can utilize large amounts of roughage
You might also like to view...
IDENTIFY TEST PROCESS SYMBOLS AND DIAGRAMS
World War II is sometimes called "the good war." Is this a legitimate designation? What features of the war most obviously make it seem good? What aspects of the war were morally troubling?
What will be an ideal response?
Job observation programs are used to identify the _____.
a. tools required to perform a task b. at-risk behavior of workers c. individual steps used to complete a job d. regulatory forms that need to be submitted
Care must be taken in melting certain copper alloys to prevent absorption of hydrogen from the furnace gases or as a result of reaction with water vapor. The release of this gas on freezing can result in an open porous structure of little value. As an exercise, compute the volume of hydrogen that should be released in 10 cc of copper melted in a hydrogen atmosphere at a pressure of one atmosphere when the metal is frozen. The atomic volume of copper is 7.09 ??? per gm atom. Assume the ideal gas law and refer to Fig. 14.41.
What will be an ideal response?