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A Man/nil of Veterinary Physiology. 



Horse. 

 Composition of the twenty-fotjb hours' Diet. 



Fuud in Natural State. 



Oats 

 Hay 



Straw 



lbs. lbs. ozs. ozs. ozs. ozs. ozs. , 



10-inr.i '. -J'- -2 17-4T.S '.i-s2'j «is-«:',7 17-7" .V21'.i 



6-612 5-271 9417 3*851 37*975 24-812 8422 



6-306 2-794 -709 1*174 14-61524-865 3*181 



Total - - 23*827117-357 



Amount unconsumed - -357 



27*584 14-854 



•638 -257 



15 1-427 07-047 16-822 

 2-581 1-671 -560 



Amount consumed 

 Faeces 



17-000 26-946 14*597 148*846 

 8-104 8-817 6-087 45-985 



65*376116-262 

 56*32612*471 



Amount digested 



8-896J18-129 8*510|l02*861 9*050 3-791 



The lungs absorbed 10-550 lbs. of oxygen. 



The elementary composition of the above diet was 



[ncome. 



Total amount of food required to support 

 the body for twenty-four hours. 



ozs. 

 18*100 



[OIUU I 



8-528 ' 



; Proteids 



i Fat - 



Carbo-hydrates - 1 1 1 -951 > i 



- 168-844 1 



Atmospheric oxygen 



The urine contained 2890 ozs. of nitrogen, and 6*179 ozs. 



of carbon. 



Expenditure. 



