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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Length op Diffebent Portions of the Intestine compared with that 



of the Body. 



Animal. 



Parts of Intestine. 



6 



Mean in Meters. 



Minimum in 

 Meters. 



3 7> 



.5 

 i S 



9 ^ 



I cWS£ 

 rq 



Horse, 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, 

 Fixed colon, 

 Floating colon, 

 Total length, . 



0.75 

 0.04 

 0.11 

 0.10 

 1.00 



22.44 

 1.00 

 3.39 

 3.08 



29797 



16.00 

 0.81 

 2.91 

 2.35 



22707 



31.60 



1.28 



4.00 1 1:12 



3.44 

 4032 



Ass, 



Small intestine, 

 Caelum, 

 Fixed colon, 

 Floating colon, 

 Total length, . 



0.67 

 0.06 

 0.17 

 0.10 

 1.00 



12.00 

 1.02 

 3.00 



185 



17787 







1:11 



Mule, . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, 

 Fixed colon, 

 Floating colon, 

 Total length, . 



0.70 

 0.05 

 0.13 

 0.12 



Too 



18.56 

 1.21 

 3.50 

 3.23 



26.50 







1:11 



Ox, 



Small intestine, 

 Csecum, . 

 Colon, 



Total length, . 



0.81 

 0.02 

 0.17 



Too 



46.00 



0.88 



10.18 



57X16 



31.20 



0.40 



17.72 



49.32 



41.00 

 0.78 

 9.25 



51703 



51.00 



1.00 



11.00 



63760 



1:20 



Dromedary, 



Small intestine, 

 Csecura, . 

 Colon, 



Total length, . 



0.63 

 0.01 

 0.36 

 1.00 







1:15 



Sheep and Goat, 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, 



Total length. . 



0.80 

 0.01 

 0.19 



Too 



26.20 

 0.36 

 6.17 



32/73 



15.32 

 0.21 

 4.10 



19.63 



33.00 

 0.45 

 S.49 



47794 



1:27 



Hog, . 



Small intestine, 

 Csecmn, . 

 Colon, 



Total length, . 



0.78 

 0.01 

 0.21 



Too 



18.29 

 0.23 

 4.99 



2375T 



14.79 

 0.20 

 4.32 



19731 



20.14 

 0.25 

 5.55 



25734 



1:14 



Dog, . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, 



Total length, . 



0.85 

 02 

 0.13 

 1.00 



4.14 

 0.08 

 0.60 

 4.8 r 2 



2.00 

 0.03 

 0.23 

 2.26 



6710 

 0.16 

 1.05 

 7.31 



1: 6 



Cat, 



Small intestine, 

 Large intestine, 

 Total length, 



0.K3 

 0.17 



Too 



1.72 

 0.35 

 2.07 



1.27 

 0.30 



1 .57 



1.94 



0.40 



T34 



1: 4 



Rabbit, . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, 



Total length, . 



0.61 

 0.11 

 0.28 



Too 



3.56 

 0.61 



1.65 

 5.82 



3.30 

 0.50 

 1.41 

 5.21 



3.90 



0.76 



1.85 



TBI 



1:10 



