Theory question 107
Animal Anatomy and PhysiologyDifferentiate between the digestive systems of the sheep and poultry. Illustrate your answers with clearly labelled diagrams.
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Model answer
Sheep (ruminant): has teeth (no upper incisors, dental pad); four-chambered stomach – rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum; chews the cud; microbial digestion of cellulose in rumen; long small intestine; one caecum; rectum and anus
Poultry: no teeth, has a beak; crop for storing food; proventriculus (glandular stomach); gizzard for grinding with grit; two caeca; short intestine; cloaca and vent; no rumination
Labelled diagrams of each tract
Explanation
Set the differences side by side in a table with both diagrams.