Type of Diet Consumed Flashcards
The flesh eaters have a short or simple GIT organization and primarily feed on meat and animal entrails. They require nutrients from animal tissues, have high enzyme activity, and have limited nitrogen conversation.
Carnivores
They are vegetarians who rely on plant materials, which are not easily digestible. They have evolved adaptations to efficiently utilize fibrous feeds, resulting in long, large, complex, and modified GITs.
Herbivores
They flesh and plant eaters, and have GIT that is immediate between carnivores and herbivores in terms of anatomy and efficiency using fibrous plant parts.
Omnivores
The grain feeders that primarily consume plant seeds or high-energy grains/cereals, they are lacking in teeth but possess unique specialized GIT for efficient grain digestion.
Granivores