GroveStudies Production:
Digestion in livestock:-
Composition of plants and animal. plants and animals contain similar group of chemical substances the main component of foods plant and animal are :-
Essential nutrients:-
Essential nutrients are that are needed by all living things. these nutrient must be either be fed or made by the animal from building blocks obtained through eating drinking and breathing.
Energy requirements for cattle and energy content of feeds are expressed in several different ways :-
TDN :-. Total digestible nutrients
ME :- metabolizable energy
NE :- Net Energy
Macro minerals ( needed in gram amount )
Ca mg cl
p k
s Na
Micro nutrients (needed in MG amount)
Cu. Se. co Ni
Fe. Zn Mn
I Ch. Mo
The digestion system consists of the part of the body involved in chewing and digesting feed.
This system also moves the digested feed through the animal's body and absorbs the products of digestion.
Different species of animal are better able to digest certain types of feets than other this difference occur because of the various type of digestive system found in animals.
There are 4 basic type of digestive systems :-
1. Monogastric digestive system
2. Avian
3. Ruminant and
4. Pseudo rominant
