#2 Avian Digestive Tract & Anatomy Flashcards
Utilization of dietary nutrients requires
Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption
Digestive _ sets limits to animal performance and feed ingredient usage
Capacity
Digestive tract serves as a barrier against _ and _ _
Disease, Unwanted Compounds
Poultry has what type of digestive system
Monogastric
Similarities between pigs and chickens
Accessory Glands, Acidity
Forestomach is _ acidic than _
Less, Stomach
pH in stomach is between _ and _
1, 2
Differences between Pigs and Poultry
- Pigs longer digestive tract
- Pigs Longer retention time
- Pigs Slower rate of passage
- Pigs better developed hindgut
- Pigs stronger sense of taste
How many taste buds in Pig vs. Chicken
15k, 240
Optic lobes in the brain are _ and _
Large, Prominent
_ constitute greater volume of bird head than in mammals
Eyes
Chickens are _-oriented animals
Visual
Vision-_ and _ are important elements in bird behaviour and temperament/physiology
Light, Colour
Visual Properties > _ & _ during selection of food
Smell, Taste
No _ in chickens, less developed sense of smell
Sniffing
Food birds have no concern for odours in their environment except for NZ bird, _
Kiwi
Kiwi has poor sense of _ that strong sense of _ makes up for
Vision, Smell
Beak instead of
Lips
Feeding consists of
Grasp, Pick-Up, Carry to Mouth, Mix with saliva, Manipulate, Swallowing
Another word for swallowing
Deglutition
Bolus or Water is forced downwards by _ and _ _
Gravity, Negative Pressure
Another word for drink
Imbibe
Most of Chickens Taste Buds located in _ of palate, base of the _ _
Epithelium, Oral Cavity
Very few taste buds on _
Tongue
_ have less taste buds than chickens
Ducks
Taste: Some preference during starvation for _ solutions over _
Sweet, Water
If there is isocaloric protein and fat offered during starvation it will be chosen over _
Sugar
Sodium and chloride have specific requirements created by _
Deficiency
Will die of _ rather than consume 2% _ solution
thirst, salt
Sour Taste: Tolerant to acidity and alkalinity
No preference
Crop is a thing walled _ of the esophagus
Diverticum
Waterfowl do not have a
Crop
Because waterfowl don’t have a crop it premits -
Force-feeding
Crop is distensible and _ ingested feed
Stores