Lesson Note On The Classification of Farm Animals Based on Feeding Pattern and Stomach Types

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NON-RUMINANTS (MONOGASTRIC)

Definition: Non- ruminants are animals that have simple stomach e.g rabbits, pig, guinea pig.

They are otherwise called monogastric animals.

This group of animals have a single stomach compartment.

Examples of such animals are:

1. Rabbits,
2. Pigs,
3. Guinea pigs,
4. Horse
5. Poultry birds.

Moreover, a pseudo– ruminant is an animal that eats large amounts of roughages but does not have a stomach with several compartments e.g horse.

An animal with a pseudo digestive system can utilize large amounts of roughages because of the greatly enlarged caecum and large intestine, which provide areas for microbial digestion of fibre.

EVALUATION:

1. What are monogastric?
2. Mention three examples of monogastric animals.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT:  

Draw the simple stomach of a monogastric animal and the complex stomach of a ruminant.