Animal Utilization of Forages Flashcards by Quentin Marbello | Brainscape

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What is the degradability of cell contents?

A

Easily degraded (90-100%)

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What is physical digestive action?

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Chewing breaks forage into smaller particles, larger surface area exposed for attachment of bacteria

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What is chemical digestive action?

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Enzymes secreted by the animal only digest cell contents (CC)
Microbial action - enzymes produced by microbes able to digest cell wall constituents (CWC) as well as CC

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