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**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.
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**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.
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