Modified Monogastric Digestive System

Question 1

Examples of Modified Monogastric Animals (MMA)

Answer 1

Rabbits and Horses

Question 2

Difference between modified monogatrics and monogastric animals

Answer 2

Mod. monogastrics have large cecums

Question 3

In a horse’s digestive system how long is the esophagus

Answer 3

50 to 60 inches (4 to 5ft)

Question 4

In a horse what is the size of the small intestine

Answer 4

contains 30% of capacity of entire tract

20 meters long

Question 5

In the small intestine what is the state of the food

Answer 5

Food is 93 to 95% liquid

Question 6

A horse’s cecum is

Answer 6

enlarged in the Mod. Monogastric
3 ft long
fermentation vat

Question 7

Large colon’s function

Answer 7

breaks down fiber

Question 8

Small colon’s function

Answer 8

Liquids are absorbed

Question 9

Rectum’s function

Answer 9

Storage of waste

Question 10

Rate of passage of food

Answer 10

95% of food excreted with in 65 to 75 hours

Question 11

What is digested in the small intestine

Answer 11

Protein, carbs, fats, minerals, vitamins

Question 12

What is digested in the large intestine

Answer 12

water is absorbed

Question 13

What are 3 factors affecting digestion

Answer 13

• Processing of feeds - pellets require less digestion than whole foods
• grinding feeds speeds digestion
  crimping oats increases rate of digestion