Nutrition in Ruminants

NUTRITION IN ANIMALS

Nutrition in Ruminants

Multiple Select

__________________ secretes bile juice.

• Liver

• Pancreas

• Gall Bladder

• Stomach

Multiple Select

The organ that stores bile juice is __________________.

• Liver

• Gall Bladder

• Pancreases

• Stomach

Multiple Select

__________ is a 1.5 m long tube that absorbs water and necessary salts from undigested food.

• small Intestine

• Large Intestine

• Stomach

• Oesophagus

Multiple Select

Absorption of nutrients through the Villi into the capillaries happens by the process of _______

• transportation

• peristalsis

• osmosis

• diffusion

Learning Objective: 

Explain the steps of nutrition in ruminants. 

Open Ended

What capabilities do ruminants have to digest cellulose?

BREAKOUTROOM ACTIVITY

• Create a flow chart to show the steps of nutrition in ruminants

• You will get 5 min for the activity

• You can use your notebook/ bubble.us, draw.io or any other platform.

CHALLENGES

• Explain the process of digestion in ruminants. How do ruminants digest their food in two steps?

• How do you think Nutrition in amoeba is different from humans?

• Why is the digestive system of herbivore longer than a human?

Multiple Select

The true stomach of ruminants_________________

• Rumen

• Omasum

• Abomasum

Multiple Select

The half-chewed food by ruminants is called _________________

• Cellulose

• Starch

• Cud

Multiple Select

From the following, choose the correct sequence of steps of nutrition in ruminants.

• a. Swallowing, chewing and mixing, partial digestion, complete digestion

• b. Chewing of cud, swallowing, mixing with digestive juices, digestion

• c. Chewing of cud, swallowing, partial digestion, complete digestion

• d. Swallowing, partial digestion, chewing of cud, complete digestion