GIT Systems Flashcards

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1
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What is Autoenzymic digestion?

A

Self- animals own enzymes into the GIT

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2
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What is Alloenzymic digestion?

A

Partly by gut microbes

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3
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What species are Autoenzymic?

A

Mammals, Avian

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4
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What species are Alloenzymic?

A

Foregut and Hindgut Fermenters

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5
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What are the main foregut fermenters?

A

Ruminants and Non ruminants

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6
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What are the main hindgut fermenters?

A

Caecal fermenters, Colonic fermenters

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7
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What teeth do carnivores have?

A

Canines and Molars

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8
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What teeth do omnivores have?

A

Incisors and canines and molars

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9
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What teeth do non ruminant herbivores have?

A

Incisors and molars

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10
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What teeth do ruminants have?

A

Dental pad, no canines, molars, lateral jaw

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11
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What is prehension?

A

Grasping food

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12
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What animals use their forelimbs?

A

primates

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13
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What animals use their snout?

A

elephants and tapirs

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14
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What animals use their tongue?

A

anteater and cows

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15
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What animals use their lips?

A

horse and sheep

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16
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What is the structure of a ruminants digestive system?

A

Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum, small intestine, caecum, large intestine, anus

17
Q

What stomach is first?

A

Rumen - towel like

18
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What is the second stomach?

A

Reticulum - honeycomb

19
Q

What is the third stomach?

A

Omasum - book like

20
Q

What is the fourth and true stomach?

A

Abomasum -

21
Q

What is a concentrate selector?

A

Small rumen, poor omasum, hard to digest fibre, giraffe, deer

22
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What is a intermediate feeder?

A

Seasonally adaptive, browser and grazer goat & sheep

23
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What is a bulk roughage grazer?

A

Large rumen, less selective,