A rat is a hind-gut fermenter - most digestion takes place in the cecum and colon to the rear of the digestive system, unlike ruminants, which are fore-gut fermenters. In some hind-gut fermenters, foods that are high in fiber are stored and fermented in the cecum, usually at the very end of the digestive system. The fermented food then leaves the body as feces. The animal eats this first-time-through feces (coprophagy), allowing the body to digest the now broken down fiber as the food moves through the digestive system a second time. Not all hind-gut fermenters use the coprophagy system. Rats and rabbits are examples of hind-gut fermenters that use coprophagy, while horses are examples of hind-gut fermenters that don't.
All ruminants (cows, sheep, goats, etc.) and kangaroos are foregut fermenters.
The Stomodeum (Foregut), Mesenteron (Midgut), and the Pructodeum (Hindgut) http://ipm.illinois.edu/cropsci270/syllabus/images/0203image01.gif If you want to check it out for yourself
Hindgut fermenters use microbes (bacteria only) and fermentaion in their hindgut, the caecum and proximal colon. Microbes that are washed out cannot be digested and therefore high-quality protein is lost. Examples of hindgut fermenters are horses, koalas, possums, wombats and pigs. (not pigs, because only herbivores have hindgut or foregut) Foregut Fermeters have two sacs (a tubiform and a sacciform fore stomach) containing lots of microbes. These microbes consume glucose from cellulose but produce fatty acids that the animal can use for energy. (Microbes can also be digested further along the digestive tract as they are also a source of protein) Forgut Fermentation is a slower digestive process. Examples of foregut fermenters are sheep, cattle, hippopotamus, wallabies and pademelons. (generally larger animals)
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All ruminants (cows, sheep, goats, etc.) and kangaroos are foregut fermenters.
Humans are not foregut or hindgut fermenters. These are special adaptations that occur in herbivores (such as horses and cows).
Dogs are not foregut or hindgut fermenters. They are omnivores, so the form they receive their food in is easy to digest. Foregut and hindgut fermentation are special adaptations seen in herbivores (such as cows and horses), that allow them to deal with their difficult-to-digest food.
foregut, midgut and hindgut.
Moth's have three parts for their digestive systems foregut, midgut, and hindgut. Most of the work of digestions is done in the midgut, and the hindgut absorbs water and salts.
There are two mesenteric arteries in the human the superior and inferior. Both leave the descending aorta directly nad supply the GI tract. These arteries provide the definition of the the boundaries of the foregut, midgut and hindgut. The superior supplies the midgut and the inferior supplies the hindgut.
The Stomodeum (Foregut), Mesenteron (Midgut), and the Pructodeum (Hindgut) http://ipm.illinois.edu/cropsci270/syllabus/images/0203image01.gif If you want to check it out for yourself
Hindgut fermenters use microbes (bacteria only) and fermentaion in their hindgut, the caecum and proximal colon. Microbes that are washed out cannot be digested and therefore high-quality protein is lost. Examples of hindgut fermenters are horses, koalas, possums, wombats and pigs. (not pigs, because only herbivores have hindgut or foregut) Foregut Fermeters have two sacs (a tubiform and a sacciform fore stomach) containing lots of microbes. These microbes consume glucose from cellulose but produce fatty acids that the animal can use for energy. (Microbes can also be digested further along the digestive tract as they are also a source of protein) Forgut Fermentation is a slower digestive process. Examples of foregut fermenters are sheep, cattle, hippopotamus, wallabies and pademelons. (generally larger animals)
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Fermenter are of two types 1. Aerobic fermenter 2. Anaerobic fermenter
Hindgut Fermentation is the process of digesting cellulose in herbivorous organisms.
Structures derived from the hindgut are:distal third of the transverse colondescending colonsigmoid colonrectumupper portion of the anal canal