ANIMAL DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS

ANIMAL DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS

1. NON-RUMINANTS

   • Monogastrics
     • digestive system is characterized by a simple
   • Herbivores
     • it contains a microbial population in most animals
   • Avian
     • rather than lips, cheeks and teeth, birds just have a beak which they use to peck or grab and take in feed material.

2. in general, the digestive tract can be thougth of as a tube that runs from the mouth to the anus.

3. RUMINANTS

   • Bovines
     • ruminants have no upper incisor teeth. the ruminant digestive system is characterized by a four- compartment stomach