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Horses digest the bulk of their natural feed (grasses) in the hind guts by fermentation of cellulose
into volatile fatty acids. Bacteria in the hind gut is a primary "player" in the digestive process.
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Where is the major site of vitamin K and B formation by bacteria?
Most synthesized by bacteria in the Large Intestine
Where is the bacteria in digestion found?
Bacteria are found in the large intestine (strictly speaking, bacteria are found everywhere, but there are a particularly large number of them in the large intestine).
How does the immune system tie in with the small intestine?
The small intestine hold bacteria From the you eat and exiles it through the large intestine, rectum, and anus. The small intestine hold bacteria From the you eat and exiles it through the large intestine, rectum, and anus. The small intestine hold bacteria From the you eat and exiles it through the large intestine, rectum, and anus.
What beneficial substance are produce by bacteria in the large intestine?
Bacteria in the large intestine can produce important vitamins for the body. For example, some bacteria produce vitamin K from eating fiber. Some bacteria also produce vitamin D.
What types of organisms are found in the large intestine?
Bacteria
Vitamin synthesizing bacteria live in?
In the large intestine.
WHAT IS THE digestion that occurs in the large intestine is caused by?
Bacteria
Which intestine contain bacteria that feeds on material passing through?
It is the large intestine. AND you are so welcome
What beneficial substances are produced by bacteria the large intestine?
Bacteria in the large intestine can produce important vitamins for the body. For example, some bacteria produce vitamin K from eating fiber. Some bacteria also produce vitamin D.
What breaks down food in the large intestine?
Bacteria that's what
Where does bacteria make vitamin K?
It is made in the large intestine
Are horses ruminants?
No. Horses are hind-gut fermentors. They have a monogastric (single-chambered stomach), but a very large cecum where the small intestine joins onto the large intestine. This is where most of the fermentation takes place.
