Animal Husbandry WAEC

Digestive System

Akopọ

Put a pig and a goat in the same paddock in Jos and feed them nothing but dry maize stover for a week. The goat holds its condition. The pig loses weight fast. Both animals have a mouth, a stomach and intestines, so the difference cannot be that one eats and the other does not. The difference is what happens between the mouth and the intestine, and that is the whole subject of this lesson.

You will trace two digestive tracts organ by organ: the pig's simple, single-chambered system, and the cow or goat's four-compartment ruminant system. You will meet the rumen's population of microbes, the only workforce on the farm that can actually break down cellulose, and see exactly why a compound stomach turns rough, fibrous, cheap feed into meat and milk. Nearly every later topic on nutrition and feeding assumes you already know this system cold, so build it carefully now.

Awọn Afojusun

  1. Identify the parts of the digestive system of a monogastric animal
  2. Identify the parts of the digestive system of a ruminant animal
  3. Distinguish between the digestive system of a monogastric and a ruminant animal
  4. Explain the process of digestion in farm animals
  5. State the functions of the four compartments of the ruminant stomach

Akọ̀wé Ẹ̀kọ́

A feed salesman in Ilorin once sold a smallholder a sack of poultry-style concentrate for her two goats, promising faster gains than grazing. Within a fortnight one goat was bloated and off its feed. The salesman had ignored something a WAEC candidate must know cold: a goat's stomach is not built like a chicken's or a pig's, and feeding it the wrong way disturbs an entire population of living microbes inside it. Knowing how a gut is built, not just that it exists, is what separates sound livestock management from an expensive mistake.

Ìdánwò Ẹ̀kọ́

Oriire fun ipari ẹkọ lori Digestive System. Ni bayi ti o ti ṣawari naa awọn imọran bọtini ati awọn imọran, o to akoko lati fi imọ rẹ si idanwo. Ẹka yii nfunni ni ọpọlọpọ awọn adaṣe awọn ibeere ti a ṣe lati fun oye rẹ lokun ati ṣe iranlọwọ fun ọ lati ṣe iwọn oye ohun elo naa.

Iwọ yoo pade adalu awọn iru ibeere, pẹlu awọn ibeere olumulo pupọ, awọn ibeere idahun kukuru, ati awọn ibeere iwe kikọ. Gbogbo ibeere kọọkan ni a ṣe pẹlu iṣaro lati ṣe ayẹwo awọn ẹya oriṣiriṣi ti imọ rẹ ati awọn ogbon ironu pataki.

Lo ise abala yii gege bi anfaani lati mu oye re lori koko-ọrọ naa lagbara ati lati ṣe idanimọ eyikeyi agbegbe ti o le nilo afikun ikẹkọ. Maṣe jẹ ki awọn italaya eyikeyi ti o ba pade da ọ lójú; dipo, wo wọn gẹgẹ bi awọn anfaani fun idagbasoke ati ilọsiwaju.

  1. Which of the following is the correct order in which feed passes through the compartments of a ruminant stomach? A. Reticulum, rumen, abomasum, omasum B. Rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum C. Omasum, reticulum, rumen, abomasum D. Rumen, omasum, reticulum, abomasum Answer: B
  2. The true, glandular stomach of a ruminant, which secretes hydrochloric acid and pepsin, is the: A. Rumen B. Reticulum C. Omasum D. Abomasum Answer: D
  3. The main compounds absorbed from the rumen as an energy source, produced by microbial fermentation of fibre, are called: A. Amino acids B. Volatile fatty acids C. Simple sugars D. Bile salts Answer: B
  4. Which organ in the pig performs a fermentation role broadly similar to, but much smaller than, the ruminant rumen? A. Duodenum B. Caecum C. Oesophagus D. Reticulum Answer: B
  5. The regurgitation and re-chewing of partly fermented feed by a ruminant is known as: A. Peristalsis B. Egestion C. Rumination D. Mastication Answer: C

Àwọn Ìbéèrè Tó Ti Kọjá

Ṣe o n ronu ohun ti awọn ibeere atijọ fun koko-ọrọ yii dabi? Eyi ni nọmba awọn ibeere nipa Digestive System lati awọn ọdun ti o kọja.

Ibeere 1 Ìròyìn

(a) State four ways in which livestock 1s important

(b)i. Mention sIx organs associated with the digestive system in rabbits.

(ii) State two functions of the alimentary canal in livestock

(c)i. State lour functions of the liver in farm animals

(ii) Mention two parasites that could be found in the liver of cattle

(d) State two differences between the digestive s systems of a goat and a rabbit