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Hindgut Fermenters - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 11:04, 15 July 2008
, 11:04, 15 July 2008→Comparison with Foregut Fermenters
**Microbial protein is not available to hindgut fermenters because when the microbes in the large intestine die, they get excreted as there is no futher opportunity for their digestion.
**Microbial protein is not available to hindgut fermenters because when the microbes in the large intestine die, they get excreted as there is no futher opportunity for their digestion.
*Microbes in the foregut synthesise vitamins and all nutritionally essential amino acids, which are also available to the animal further on in the digestive tract.
*Microbes in the foregut synthesise vitamins and all nutritionally essential amino acids, which are also available to the animal further on in the digestive tract.
**Again, these are not available to the hindgut fermenter.
**Again, they are not available to the hindgut fermenter.
*Microbes in the foregut can detoxify some poisonous compounds.
*Microbes in the foregut can detoxify some poisonous compounds.
**Poisonous comounds can be digested and absorbed before they reach the microbes in the hindgut.
**Poisonous comounds can be digested and absorbed before they reach the microbes in the hindgut.