ANS 42 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Short-Chain Fatty Acid, Small Intestine, Ad Libitum
23 Aug 2016
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Require vitamin c therefore for guinea pigs vitamin c is an essential vitamin. Simple gi tract - 3 to 4 hour transit time. 40% protein requirement: have a large fat requirement - 18-30% o. Commercial diets available: watch for adequate nutrient levels, dog or cat chow can be used. Forestomach in the hamster functions similar to the rumen of a cow; ferments some of the food prior to the regular glandular stomach digestion: hindgut fermenter, also practices coprophagy. Commercial rations specific for mini-pigs: don"t use conventional hog feed inadequate mineral and vitiamin. Rabbit -herbivore: have front teeth that continuously grow and have a second pair of incisors - lagamorphs (back peg teeth, gi tract - hind gut fermenter - enlarged cecum, o o o. Because even if you remove food, it will eat cecal pellets. Low fat requirement 1. 5-2. 5: obligate herbivores have a high fiber requirement o.
