ANSC 1011 : ANCS 1011 NOTES EXAM 1
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January 28, 2015: birds excrete n as uric acid. (egg layers, lipids have 2. 5 times more energy than carbohydrates, poultry has 12 essential amino acids (?) Humans have 9 (?: most of digestion takes place in the small intestine, horse physiology: Pony has smaller stomach and shorter small intestine than a pig. Pony has larger large intestine than a pig. Mostly do this if they are protein de cient: ruminant physiology & nutrition: Humans are most similar to pigs form a digestive standpoint. Grass oats on top of rumen, liquid lays on the bottom. If this organ wasn"t here, the cow would have trouble digesting grass. Cow chews it"s cud because it can"t digest well. Has a long tongue, and no upper teeth. It makes the food into smaller bers; mixes it with saliva which raises the ph in the rumen; mixes the food with the rumen. If a cow is hung upside down, all the rumen uid is regurgitated.
