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• Pancreas
– secretes enzymes which breakdown fat and
starches
• Liver
– secrets bile which digest fats
The Digestion Process
The Digestion Process
• Food is broken down
• Animals have digestive systems adapted to the
foods that they consume
• Four types of digestive systems
– Ruminant(polygstric)
– Simple Stomach(monogastric)
– Avian
– Equine-modified simple stomach
Ruminant Digestive System
Characterized by non-ruminant
animals that consume and digest
feeds high in fiber
Equine Digestive Systems
• Mouth
– intact top and bottom incisors
– molars adapted to chewing fibrous feeds
– no digestive enzymes in saliva
• Esophagus
– not well adapted for regurgitation
– connects mouth and stomach
Equine Digestive System
• Stomach
– similar to monogastric system
• Small intestine
– similar to monogastric and ruminant systems
– no gall bladder to store bile
– enlarged cecum to aid in fiber breakdown
Equine Digestive System
• Large Intestine
– similar to monogastric systems
– cecum (at junction of small and large intestines)
and colon take up most of the volume of the
equine digestive system
Accessory Organs