Advanced Livestock Nutrition

outer covering of the a seed or fruit

• Hull

• Chyme

• Reticulum

• Rumen

grains and by-products fed to animals

• Villi

• Feed

• Bile

• Gestation

thick yellowish digestive fluid aiding in the digestion of fats

• Villi

• Bolus

• Bile

• Chyme

small outgrowths in the mucous membrane of the small intestines which serves

in the absorption of nutrients

• Villi

• Bolus

• Bile

• Chyme

partially digested mass of food from the stomach which is forced into the small intestines

• Villi

• Bolus

• Bile

• Chyme

mass of food and saliva formed in the mouth after thorough chewing

• Villi

• Bolus

• Bile

• Chyme

hormone which regulates metabolic rate

• Endocrine

• Crude Protein

• Thyroxin

• Exocrine

glands which secrete their products through ducts and discharges them into

the external environment, to organs or outside the body

• Endocrine

• Crude Protein

• Thyroxin

• Exocrine

glands which have no ducts and therefore release hormones into the interstitial

spaces which surround the cells

• Endocrine

• Crude Protein

• Thyroxin

• Exocrine

estimate of the total protein of a feed

• Endocrine

• Crude Protein

• Thyroxin

• Exocrine