1 / 6

Avian Species

Avian Species. Beak no teeth can be used to reduce particle size Esophagus ingesta holding and moistening Salivary Amylase Fermentation in some species. Avian Species. Proventriculus Gastric juice production pH 4 Rapid pass through of food. Avian Species. Gizzard (ventriculus)

juliet
Download Presentation

Avian Species

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Avian Species • Beak • no teeth • can be used to reduce particle size • Esophagus • ingesta holding and moistening • Salivary Amylase • Fermentation in some species

  2. Avian Species • Proventriculus • Gastric juice production • pH 4 • Rapid pass through of food

  3. Avian Species • Gizzard (ventriculus) • thick muscular wall • particle size reduction (similar to mastication) • nonglandular • normally contains grit • no enzymatic secretion

  4. Avian Small Intestine • Functions in digestion and absorption of feed and nutrients just as in other monogastrics • pH is slightly acidic • Most enzymes found in mammals except?

  5. Avian Large Intestine • Contains 2 blind pouches instead of ? • Mostly water absorption • Some bacterial activity but less than in most mammals • very short in comparison

  6. Avian Species

More Related