. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. 20 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED fat constitute the generally recognized classes of nutrients, altho air, water, and mineral matter might likewise be so termed. The term digestible nutrient covers that portion of each nutrient which may be digested and taken into the body. A ration is the feed allowed for a given animal during a day of 24 hours, whether all is fed at one time or in portions at dif
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. 20 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED fat constitute the generally recognized classes of nutrients, altho air, water, and mineral matter might likewise be so termed. The term digestible nutrient covers that portion of each nutrient which may be digested and taken into the body. A ration is the feed allowed for a given animal during a day of 24 hours, whether all is fed at one time or in portions at different times. A balanced ration is one which furnishes the several nutrients- crude protein, carbohydrates, and fat—in such proportion and amount as will properly nourish a given animal for 24 hours. The alimentary canal.—The alimentary canal is a long, tortuous tube passing thru the animal from mouth to vent, enlarged in places for the storage of food or waste. It includes the mouth, gullet,. ff c Fig. 7.—Diagram of the Digestive Tract of the Cow A, Salivary glands; b, gullet; c, paunch, or first stomach (Only a small part of the paunch is here visible, the rear portion being hidden by the intestines) ; d, honeycomb, or second stomach; e, manyplies, or third stomach; f, fourth, or true stomach; g, duodenum, or first part of small intestine; h, mesenteric part of small intestine; i, caecum; j, colon; k, rectum; 1, point of entrance of bile duct into duodenum; m, point of entrance of pancreatic duct into duodenum. The intestines are spread out somewhat in this diagram. stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Within its linings are organs which secrete the various fluids of digestion, and into it, from other organs located near by, pour still other digestive fluids. Within its walls are nerves controlling its action, arteries which nourish it with fresh blood, and veins and lymphatics which absorb and carry from it the products of digestion. Euminants (animals which
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