Livestock Digestion

The main function of the digestive system is

• To break food into usable parts

• To keep the stomach full

• To help the animal enjoy food

• To absorb nutrients in the bloodstream

A nutrient is

• Any substance that enters the digestive system.

• A vitamin within food.

• Any substance needed for life.

• Food and water.

Nutrients include

• Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.

• Carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes.

• Proteins and carbohydrates.

• Grain and fiber.

The two different types of digestive systems are

• Gastric and ruminant.

• Monogastric and ruminant.

• Regular and multi-stomach.

• Ruminant and multi-ruminant.

Which system is made of the mouth, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine?

• Gastric

• Ruminant

• Monogastric

• Regular

The ruminant system is made up of

• The mouth, stomach, small intestine and large intestine.

• The mouth, stomach with 4 compartments, small intestine, and large intestine.

• The mouth, stomach, gallbladder, kidneys, and intestine.

• The stomach, small intestine, gallbladder, and large intestine.

The compartments of a ruminant stomach are

• The rumen, omasum, abomasum, and diverticulum.

• The rumen, reticulum, and abomasum.

• The rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum.

• The small compartment, the middle compartment, and the large compartment.

In the monogastric stomach

• the small intestine is where most of the nutrients are absorbed.

• the large intestine is where most of the nutrients are absorbed

• the stomach is where most of the nutrients are absorbed

• the kidneys are where most of the nutrients are absorbed

In the ruminant stomach

• Each compartment performs a slightly different function

• Each compatment digests different types of food

• animals store hay

• Food is distributed to the diffeent compartments depending on size

The ruminant stomach is

• good at digesting grass and other roughages

• good at digesting grains

• not capable of digesting meat

• Capable of digesting just about anything