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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Length of Different Portions of the Intestine compared with that 



of the Body. 



Animal. 



Parts of Intestine. 



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Ratio between 

 Body Length 

 and that of 

 Intestine. 



Horse, . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, 

 Fixed colon, 

 Floating colon, 

 Total length, 





0.75 

 0.04 

 0.11 



q.io 



1.00 



22.44 

 1.00 

 3.39 

 3.08 



29791 



16.00 

 0.81 

 2.91 

 2.35 



22767 



31.60 

 1.28 

 4.00 

 3.44 



4032 



1:12 



Ass, 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, 

 Fixed colon, 

 Floating colon, 

 Total length, 





0.67 

 0.06 

 0.17 

 0.10 

 1.00 



12.00 

 1.02 

 3.00 

 1.85 







1:11 



Mule, . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, 

 Fixed colon, 

 Floating colon, 

 Total length, 





0.70 

 0.05 

 0.13 

 0.12 

 L00 



18.56 

 1.21 

 3.50 

 3.23 



26.50 







1:11 



Ox, 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, . 



Total length, 





0.81 



0.02 



0.17 



T760 



46.00 



0.88 



10.18 



57.06 



41.00 

 0.78 

 9.25 



51.03 



51.00 



1.00 



11.00 



63.00 



1:20 



Dromedary, . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, . 



Total length, 





0.63 

 0.01 

 0.36 



Too 



31.20 



0.40 



17.72 



49.32 







1:15 



Sheep and Goat, 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, . 



Total length, 





0.80 

 0.01 

 0.19 

 1.00 



26.20 

 0.36 

 6.17 



32.73 



15.32 

 0.21 

 4.10 



19733 



33.00 

 0.45 

 8.49 



41794 



1:27 



Hog, . . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, . 



Total length, 





0.78 

 0.01 

 0.21 

 1.00 



18.29 

 0.23 

 4.99 



23.51 



14.79 

 0.20 

 4.32 



19731 



20.14 

 0.25 

 5.55 



25794 



1:14 



Dog, . . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, . 



Total length, 





0.85 

 0.02 

 0.13 

 1.00 



4.14 

 0.08 

 0.60 



^82 



2.00 

 0.03 

 0.23 

 2.26 



6.10 

 0.16 

 1.05 

 7.31 



1: 6 



Cat, 



Small intestine, 

 Large intestine, 

 Total length, 





0.83 

 0.17 

 1.00 



1.72 

 0.35 



~2X)7 



1.27 

 0.30 



1.57 



1.94 

 0.40 

 2.34 



1: 4 



Rabbit, . 



Small intestine, 

 Caecum, . 

 Colon, . 



Total length, 





0.61 

 0.11 

 0.28 

 1.00 



3.56 



0.61 



1.65 



"5^2 



3.30 

 0.50 

 1.41 

 5721 



3.90 

 0.76 

 1.85 

 6.51 



1:10 



