Lecture
44: Digestive System - Specialized Digestion
Sherwood - Chapter 14
Objective: Ruminants
have specialized digestive tracts that are highly adapted to symbiotic
cellulose digestion.
1. Ruminant
stomach
2. Fermentation products
a. volatile fatty
acids or VFA's
3. Birds
a. granivorous
and fish-eating birds
b. columbiform
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