. The horse in health and disease : a text-book pertaining to veterinary science for agricultural students . Horses; Horses. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 79 When a considerable amount of water is drunk most of it passes at once into the small intestine. When horses are fed different kinds of foods in succession, it has been found, by killing them at varying intervals after feeding, that the first food taken passes into the most ventral part of the stomach. Subsequently, ingested food is arranged in layers, pro- vided its consistency is sufficient to hold it from forming a mechan- ical mixture with pre
. The horse in health and disease : a text-book pertaining to veterinary science for agricultural students . Horses; Horses. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 79 When a considerable amount of water is drunk most of it passes at once into the small intestine. When horses are fed different kinds of foods in succession, it has been found, by killing them at varying intervals after feeding, that the first food taken passes into the most ventral part of the stomach. Subsequently, ingested food is arranged in layers, pro- vided its consistency is sufficient to hold it from forming a mechan- ical mixture with previously ingested materials (Fig. 23). There is some difference of opinion in regard to the effect of watering a horse after feeding. It is evident that when a horse which has eaten an ordinary feed drinks any great quantity of Pijlorus. Fig. 23.—Longitudinal section of stomach and contents to show how food is distributed in the stomach. The horse was fed, in turn, (1) 500 grams hay; (2) 750 grams uncolored oats; (3) 750 grams colored oats; (4) 500 grams hay. water, both cannot be accommodated in the stomach. Scheunert and Schattke^ conclude, from a series of experiments which they carried out: (1) That the drinking of water in any amount desired by the animal exerted no deleterious effect on digestion. (2) That the increase in the water content of the ingesta was inconsid- erable, reaching at most 10 per cent, above the normal average; a similar increase can be produced by the large amount of saliva secreted during mastication of hay or by exercise. The interval before return to the usual lower water content varies individually; in one case it was only ten minutes in duration, but in general appears to be one or two hours. (3) The bulk of the water leaves 1 Cited by 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
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