Horse Digestive System

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Horse Digestive System
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Horse Digestive System

• 1. Esophagus 5. Large intestine (80 quarts)
• 2. Stomach (8-16 quarts) 6. Pelvic flexure
• 3. Small intestine (48 quarts) 7. Colon
• 4. Cecum (28-32 quarts) 8. Rectum

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Cow (Ruminant) Digestive System
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Cow (Ruminant) Digestive System

• 1. Esophagus 6. Small intestine (62 quarts)
• 2. Rumen (160 quarts) 7. Cecum
• 3. Reticulum (10 quarts) 8. Large intestine
  (40 quarts)
• 4. Omasum (15 quarts) 9. Colon
• 5. Abomasum (15 quarts) 10. Rectum

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Swine (Non-Ruminant) Digestive System
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Swine (Non-Ruminant) Digestive System

• 1. Esophagus 5. Cecum
• 2. Stomach (6-8 quarts) 6. Colon
• 3. Small intestine (9 quarts) 7. Rectum
• 4. Large intestine (10 quarts)

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Chicken Digestive Tract
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Chicken Digestive Tract

• 1. Upper esophagus or gullet 6. Duodenal loop
• 2. Crop 7. Small intestine
• 3. Lower esophagus or gullet 8. Ceca
• 4. Proventriculus 9. Rectum
• 5. Gizzard 10. Cloaca