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The RuminantDigestive System
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Functions of the digestive system ofanimals include:
ingestion (eating)
chewing (mastication)
swallowing (deglutition)
absorption of nutrients elimination of solid wastes (defecation)
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The digestive system changes foodnutrients into compounds that are easily
absorbed into the bloodstream.
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Species like cattle, deer, sheep, horses,and rabbits that depend entirely on plants
for food are classified as herbivores. Animals like dogs and cats that depend
almost entirely on the flesh of other
animals for food are classified ascarnivores.
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Still others, like swine, birds, and humansthat consume both flesh and plants are
classified as omnivores.
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Different species of animals havedigestive systems adapted to the most
efficient use of the food they consume. The anatomy and physiology of the
digestive systems of herbivores,
carnivores, and omnivores all differ.
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Ruminants are those animals that containa multi-chambered digestive system
(polygastric) that allows the animal togain the majority of their nutritional needsfrom foragesand other roughages.
Forage refers to grasses, roughagesrefers to other high-fiber food sources.
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The digestive tract extends from the lips tothe anus. It includes the mouth, pharynx,
esophagus, stomach, and the small andlarge intestines.
Accessory glands include the salivary
glands, the liver, and the pancreas.
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The length and complexity of the digestivesystem depends on the species.
In herbivores, it is very long and complex.
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Picture of digestive system of cow
Rectum
Anus
Colon
Cecum
Small IntestineRumen
Kidney
Pancreas
Liver Esophagus
Pharynx
Teeth
Tongue
Salivary
Gland
Reticulum
Omasum
Abomasum
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The digestive system of ruminant animalsincludes the :
Mouth - grasps the food
Teeth - grind the food
Ruminants have only one set of teeth in the front ofthe mouth (incisors), and two sets in the back
(molars).
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Tongue - covered with finger-like projections(papillae) that contain taste buds.
Salivary glands - secrete saliva, that moistensfood and is mixed with the food material to aidin swallowing.
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Pharynx - funnels food into the esophagus,preventing food material from entering the
lungs. Esophagus - food tube that leads from the
mouth to the stomach.
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At this point, ruminant animals have amulti-chambered stomach
Reticulum - honeycomb-like interior surface,this part helps to remove foreign matter fromthe food material.
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Reticulum - full
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Reticulum - cleaned
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Ruminant animals grasp mouthfuls of foodand swallow it before it is chewed.
They wrap their tongue around a mouthful ofgrass, clamp down their teeth, and pull tobreak the grass at its weakest point, andswallow.
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Ruminants willchew their cud (regurgitate)
their food material and then grind it with their
molars at a time when the animal is resting. This is done until the food particles are small
enough to pass through the reticulum into therumen.
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Since ruminant animals do not chew
their food when it is taken in, at times
foreign material like rocks, nails, smallpieces of wire, can be swallowed.
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While the animal is chewing its cud
foreign particles that are heavy are allowed
to sink in the reticulum, preventing manyforeign particles from entering the rest ofthe digestive system.
Once foreign material enters the reticulum,it stays there for the life of the animal.
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If enough of this foreign material remainsin the reticulum, it may cause damage and
infection of the reticulum (hardwaredisease).
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Telephone Cord
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Wire
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Sponge taken
from digestive
system of an
animal
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Rumen - the organ that allows for bacterialand chemical breakdown of fiber.
The rumen has a very thick, muscular wall. It fills most of the left-side of the abdomen
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The walls of the rumen contain papillae(that can be up to 1 cm. in length), where
the bacteria that are used to breakdownfiber live.
In some ruminants (dairy cattle) the rumencan have a capacity of 55-65 gallons!
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Papillae in Rumen
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Papillae in Rumen
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Omasum - section that is round andmuscular.
Grinds the food material and prepares thefood material for chemical breakdown.
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Omasum - full
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Abomasum - very similar to the stomach ofnon-ruminants.
this is where the majority of chemicalbreakdown of food material occurs.
mixes in digestive enzymes (pepsin,rennin, bile, etc.).
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Abomasuminside view
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Small Intestine - where most of the foodmaterial is absorbed into the bloodstream
Contains three sections:
duodenum
jejunum
ileum
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The food material is continuallysqueezed as it is moved through thesmall intestine, becoming more solid.
The majority of the food materialabsorption occurs in the duodenum andthe jejunum.
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Large Intestine - begins to prepare unusedfood material for removal from the body
a portion of the large intestine in some
animals contain pouches that may containenzymes for further species-specificdigestion (horses and rabbits (cecum)).
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Colon - collects the unused food material thatis to be removed from the body
Rectum - poop chute
Anus - opening through which the waste isremoved.
Controlled by sphincter muscles, that also
help protect the opening.
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In conclusion, the rumen allows forbacteria to breakdown fiber, enablingruminants to gain the proteins and
energy from plant sources.
Non-ruminant animals cannot obtain thenutritional value from most plant
sources unless the food has beenmodified (ground, mashed, etc.)
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