adaptation

Question 1

what animals are fore-gut fermenters

Answer 1

ruminants

Question 2

where is fermentation products absorbed in fore-gut fermenters

Answer 2

stomach

Question 3

where are microbial proteins absorbed in fore-gut fermenters

Answer 3

pass into abomasum and SI

Question 4

what animals are hind-gut fermenters

Answer 4

horses and rabbits

Question 5

where is the fermentation chamber in fore-gut fermenters

Answer 5

stomach

Question 6

where is the fermentation in hind-gut fermenters

Answer 6

large intestine

Question 7

where are fermentation products absorbed in hind-gut fermenters

Answer 7

colon

Question 8

fate of microbial protein in hind-gut fermenters

Answer 8

lost in faeces

Question 9

what animals practice coprophagy

Answer 9

rabbits

Question 10

what are the 3 nutritional strategies in ruminants

Answer 10

browsers
grazers
intermediates

Question 11

adaptation of browsers

Answer 11

narrow muzzles
mobile lips/tongue
smaller fore-stomach
retain functional oesophageal/ventricular groove
small intestinal glucose absorption remains high

Question 12

adaptation of grazers

Answer 12

wide muzzles
less mobile lips/tongue
larger fore - stomach
lose functional oesophageal/ventricular groove
small intestinal glucose absorption declines

Question 13

function of the oesophageal/ventricular groove

Answer 13

enables milk to bypass fermentation chamber