ANSC 2330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Diastema, Masseter Muscle, Periosteum
4 Dec 2017
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Nutrients: water, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, energy, building blocks, regulatory molecules, water, thermoregulation, metabolism, solute transportation. Fats/oils (cho: glycerol + 1-3 fatty acids, linoleic acids. Ca, p, k, s, na, cl, mg, fe. Decreasing jowl angle impair breathing and field of view, causes swayback. Horses are compulsory nasal breathers only breath through the nose. Hypsodont horses have open rooted, every growing teeth. They are constantly worn down due to grass (lots of cilia) very gritty: horse has baby teeth which by the age of 5 are lost. Incisors nip grass: masseter muscle grind back and forth (circular motions, temporalis muscle crushing and grinding, aging past the age of 8 years = not reliable, wearing down teeth, genetic factors, nutrition. Mouth: 10-12 l/day of saliva, moisten food, bicarbonate, critical to titrate or reduce acidity in stomach, little/no amylase digests amylose in starch, digests plant starch.
