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LAM-Bovine
nutrition
Question | Answer |
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Rumen | fills left side of abdomen storage/fermentation vat Largest |
Reticulum | crainial to rumen/caudal to diaphragm collects heavy things (hardware disease) opening between reticulum and omasum honeycomb walls |
Omassum | "leafed" walls absorbs water filters ingesta |
Abomasum | "true stomach" has enzymes and acid to digest protein free-floating/can move around |
"gastric" or "esophgeal" groove | present in young nursing ruminants keeps milk from rotting in rumen |
Rumination "chewing cud" | avg. 8 hours of the day contractions from reticulum bring up bolus of food to be re-chewed and re-swallowed |
Eructation | the belching of gas inability to eructate will cause BLOAT |
"preconditioning" | castration/dehorning/vx/weaning all done before shipping to feed lot |