Diversity in Animal Digestive Systems

Objective The objective of this report is to describe the digestive tracts of pigs and sheep and to briefly explain the digestive process of things other than ruminants and ruminants. In addition, the results observed in anatomical practice are analyzed. The report will be completed by comparing the digestive tracts of pigs and sheep. Introduction Digestion is the process of making foods smaller, to facilitate absorption from living organisms.

Animals can have two kinds of digestive system. There is a dead-end digestive system and a one-way digestive system. Death digestive system is a digestive system in which animals eat food, then it is digested and released by animals. Animals such as sponges and echinoderms have this digestive system. On the other hand, the one-way digestive system is the source of food, digestion, not the other end of the animal. Animals such as antelope, mollusk, chordate (vertebrate), arthropod and the like have this digestive system.

The digestive system consists of parts of the body involved in mastication and digestion of food. This system also moves digested feed through the body of the animal and absorbs digestive products. Different types of animals can digest certain types of feed than other animals. This difference occurs because various types of digestive system are seen in animals. There are four basic types of digestive system. Monogastric animals, poultry, rumen, and fake ruminants. The digestive system of a single stomach has a simple stomach. Because acid is secreted from the stomach, pH drops to 1.5 ~ 2.5. Low pH destroys most bacteria and begins to break down the feed ingredients. Animals with this digestive system are better suited for taking high concentration diet. Concentrate is high digestible feed with high energy and low fiber content. The concentrate is typically digestible from 80% to 90%. Common concentrates are cereals and oil.