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Ruminant Digestive System Vs. Monogastric Digestive System
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Mouth
Chews the food and produces saliva which begins to break the food down.
Anus
Esophagus
Passes food from mouth to the stomach.
Exits the animal, ending the journey of the digestive tract.
Parts of the Monogastric digestive system
Stomach
Rectum
Can be used to store food, and releases the gastric juices to digest proteins.
Awaits exit from the animal.
Similar to the Abomasum in the Ruminant digestive system
Works Cited
Duodenum
Large Intestine
"Ruminant and Monogastric Digestion." Ruminant and Monogastric Digestion. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 May 2013. <http://bhsagriculture.wikispaces.com/Ruminant%20and%20Monogastric%20Digestion>.
Water is removed from the remaining food particles.
Releases bile and pancreatic duct empty to prepare for further digestion through enzymes.
Caecum
Small Intestine
Breaks down any leftover proteins.
The food is broken down into simple components.
Also these simple compounds are absorbed.
Monogastric
Ruminant
- One stomach
- 4 chambered stomach
- Digestion of
simple carbohydrates only
- Absorption function within stomach
- Efficient users of feed
- Microorganisms breaks down
food within stomach to gain food
- Energy is primarily gained from the food stuffs.
Omasum
Reticulum
The reticulum works together with the rumen in order to provide fermentation.
The omasum removes all the liquid portions from the digested matter that came from the rumen.
Rumen
Abomasum
The rumen is where the chewed and slightly chewed materials of the animal are digested several times.
The abomasum primarily digests the protein and amino acids from the chewed feed that came from the rumen.