Prehension, mechanical breakdown, and chemical digestion are functions...
What will happen if the gas produced by bacterial action in the rumen...
Roughage is any feed ingredient with greater than 20% crude fiber...
Absorption, elimination, and protection are functions of the...
Digestion here is much the same as it is in a monogastric animal.
Concentrates pass through the rumen quicker than roughages.
The esophageal groove allows ingested milk to bypass the rumen.
Which stomach chamber is lined with intersecting ridges that form...
Hardware that is ingested is trapped here and generally does not move...
...
Signs include respiratory distress, death, stiff gait, tremors, and...
The pH level in the rumen inhibits microbial growth.
Mature cows produce _______ gallons of saliva per day.
Which side of the animal becomes distended when bloat occurs?
The feed is very dry as it passes from the abomasum into the small...
...
Signs include lethargy, depression, diarrhea, weakness, hemolysis,...
Signs include stiff gait, tremors, tetany, constipation, and decreased...
________________ is the process of forcing the feed back into the...
The material leaving the omasum is _________ drier than the material...
Signs include dullness, depression, muscle tremors, frequent...
What are the main gases produced by the bacterial action in the rumen?
The ___________ grinds and squeezes the feed.
The contents of the rumen are maintained at about a pH of...
_______________ line the interior wall of the rumen. They...
Signs include excitability, convulsions, muscle spasms, increased...
The saliva of ruminants contains enzymes to help start digesting...
They are generally thought to aid in the digestion of very fibrous...
Cattle spend ___________ hours ruminating each day, broken up...
Sheep produce ______ gallons of saliva per day.
Ruminal alkalosis is usually caused by an overload of readily...
If you kill all of the protozoa in the host animal, the animal will do...
Gaseous Bloat (chronic)
Used to puncture the rumen wall from the outside when the animal has...
The pH level of the abomasum is ________.
The esophageal groove forms a passageway from the ____________ to the...
Millions of these in the rumen and reticulum digest cellulose, compile...
A concentrate is any feed ingredient with high crude fiber content...
The rumen acts like a large fermentation vat and accounts for about...
What are the 3 general types of ruminal bacteria?
Rations for ruminants.
Frothy Bloat
Feed-associated ruminal bacteria.
Adherent ruminal bacteria.
Free-floating bacteria