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==Introduction==

==Introduction==

[[Image:smalllargeintestine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Illustration of the jejunum, caecum, transverse and ascending colon - © RVC 2008]]

[[Image:smalllargeintestine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Illustration of the jejunum, caecum, transverse and ascending colon - © RVC 2008]]

===Carnivore===

===Carnivore===

Digestion is nearing completion by the time chyme enters the large intestine. The dog and cat posses two [[Anus - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|anal sacs]].

Digestion is nearing completion by the time chyme enters the large intestine. The majority of digestion occurs in the stomach (vomiting undigested bones etc) and small intestine and is reliant on enzymes. The dog and cat posses two [[Anus - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|anal sacs]].

===Ruminant===

===Ruminant===

Digestion is nearing completion by the time chyme enters the large intestine.

Digestion is nearing completion by the time chyme enters the large intestine. In ruminants, which are foregut herbivores, the majority of microbial fermentation occurs in the forestomach which consists of the [[Rumen - Anatomy & Physiology|rumen]], [[Reticulum - Anatomy & Physiology|reticulum]] and [[Omasum - Anatomy & Physiology|omasum]].

===[[Equine Alimentary System  - Anatomy & Physiology|Equine]]===

===[[Alimentary System  - Horse Anatomy|Equine]]===

Most digestion occurs in the large intestine. Taenia are present.

Most digestion occurs in the large intestine. Horses are [[Hindgut Fermenters - Anatomy & Physiology|hindgut fermenting]] herbivores and as a result have a very large [[Alimentary System - Horse Anatomy#Large Intestine|caecum]] where microbial cellulases digest their fibre rich diet. Taenia are present which slow transit and thus aid the digestive process.

===Porcine===

===Porcine===

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