. The principles and practice of judging live-stock . Livestock. 16 LIVE-STOCK JUDGING quently called into requisition. The delicate texture of the so-called tenderloin or fillet of beef is due to its being derived from a group of muscles, the chief use of which is in rearing, and since the unsexed bovine rarely rears, these muscles are so seldom called into play as to leave them practically undeveloped, and therefore very tender. Physiology 19. Prehension of food. — The taking of food comes first in an enumeration of the physiological processes by means of which ani- mals are productive. The
. The principles and practice of judging live-stock . Livestock. 16 LIVE-STOCK JUDGING quently called into requisition. The delicate texture of the so-called tenderloin or fillet of beef is due to its being derived from a group of muscles, the chief use of which is in rearing, and since the unsexed bovine rarely rears, these muscles are so seldom called into play as to leave them practically undeveloped, and therefore very tender. Physiology 19. Prehension of food. — The taking of food comes first in an enumeration of the physiological processes by means of which ani- mals are productive. The chief prehensile organ in the horse is the lip, in cattle and sheep the tongue, and in the hog the snout. 20. Digestion. — In the mouth the food is comminuted by masti- cation so as to be more completely accessible to the digestive juices, and is acted upon by the saliva which com- mences the digestion of some of the starches. This is continued after the food is swallowed into the stomach. Here also the gastric juices, with their enzymes, and the hydrochloric acid, continue the conversion of the raw materials of nutrition presented in the food into forms in which they may be assimilated into the blood stream and become available to the tissues and to such secreting organs as the udder. Digestion is completed in the small. Fig. 7. — Surface of mucous membrane of the intestine. Showing villi with central lacteal duct and blood vessels, and on the surface the absorbing epithelial cells. Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. New York : Macmillan
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