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Assignment
Topic # 3043
Definitions
Anna Blight
Use the unscrambled words from Homework 1 to answer these definitions.
Microorganisms do this in the rumen to break down nutrients for their own use.
fermentation
This is a meat eater.
carnivore
Roughages break down into this.
starch
This type of animal has a complex stomach with four compartments.
ruminant
Plants are the main food for this type of organism.
herbivore
This describes the amount of nutrients in a feed that can be absorbed from the
digestive tract after the feed is broken down.
digestibility
Saliva contains this component and it aids in digestion.
enzymes
This animal does not have an abomasum.
monogastric
Human share this definition with a few other animals because of the composition
of the food it eats.
omnivore
Animals have a mutualistic relationship with these.
microorganisms
Digestion breaks feed particles down into this so the body can absorb it.
molecules