The Animal Body Digestion Metabolism. 



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Capacity and length of intestines and capacity of stomachs of farm 



animals. 



*Chauveau, Comparative Anatomy of the Domestic Animals, places the capacity at 3 to 3.5 

 gallons. 



29. Insalivation. In the mouth of the animal the food is crushed 

 and ground by the teeth, and at the same time is moistened with 

 the alkaline saliva, forming a pasty mass. Colin 1 found that a 

 horse fed on hay secreted 11 to 13 Ibs. of saliva per hour. Oats re- 

 quire a little more than their own weight, green fodders half, and 

 dry fodders 4 times their weight of saliva during mastication. If 

 the ration of a horse for one day amounts to 11 Ibs. of hay and 11 

 Ibs. of other dry fodder, this will require 4 times its weight of 



1 Smith, Physiol. Dom. Anim. 



