Veterinary physiology of digestive system

Veterinary Physiology of Digestive system include mastication, deglutition, parts of gut, saliva, nerve supply, motility of gut, vomiting, fermentation, gastric secretion, bile, and avian digestion.

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1. Basic Physiology of Digestion
2. Mastication in animals
3. Deglutition (Swallowing)
4. Digestive parts of gut
5. Salivary gland and its secretion
6. Nerve supply of salivary glands
7. Functions of the saliva
8. Digestion in ruminants stomach
9. Motility in rumen and reticulum
10. Mechanical factors influencing motility of rumen
11. Foreign objects in rumen
12. Vomiting (Emesis)
13. Rumen fermentation
14. Rumen Microorganisms and functions
15. Degradation of different carbohydrates
16. Significance of methane production
17. Protein digestion in ruminants
18. Fat Digestion in ruminants
19. GI Motility
    • Gastric motility
    • Abomasal motility
    • Intestinal motility
20. Gastric secretions
    • Gastric glands
    • Gastric juice and enzymes
    • Control of gastric secretion
    • Gastric Secretion in ruminants
21. Digestion in small intestinal juice
22. Pancreas role in digestion
23. Liver and Bile role in digestion
24. Bile
    • Physical properties of bile
    • Functional anatomy of biliary secretion
    • Bile salts and Enterohepatic circulation
    • Bile pigments and Jaundice
25. Cholesterol significance
26. Functions of gall bladder and bile
27. Structure of villi
28. Chemical digestion of nutrients and Carbohydrate digestion
29. Protein digestion
30. Lipid digestion
31. Role of Large Intestine in digestion
32. Absorption of digested food
    • Absorption of Carbohydrate, lipid and Protein
    • Absorption of minerals, vitamins and water
33. Avian Digestion
    • Digestive structures in birds
    • Enzymatic digestion in birds
    • Avian Digestion in small and large intestine
    • Absorption and excretion in birds