CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS. 



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Absolute and Relative Capacity of the Stomach and Intestine of 

 the Domestic Animals. 



Animal. 



Parts of Intestine. 



Ratio. 



Mean in 

 Litres. 



Minimum 

 in Litres. 



Maximum 

 in Litres. 



Horse, 



Stomach, .... 

 Small intestine, 



Caecum 



Fixed colon, 



Floating colon and rectum, 



Total capacity, . 



0.085 

 0.302 

 0.159 

 0.384 

 0.070 



1.000 



17.96 

 63.82 

 33.54 

 81.25 

 14.77 



211.34 



10.00 

 38.30 

 16.20 

 55.00 

 10.00 



129.50 



37.50 

 105.00 



68.00 

 128.00 



19.00 



357.50 



Ass, . 



Stomach, .... 

 Small intestine, 



Caecum 



Fixed colon, 



Floating colon and rectum, 



Total capacity, . 



0.097 

 0.229 

 0.201 

 0.397 

 0.076 



1.000 



10.00 

 24.00 

 21.00 

 41.50 

 8.00 



104.50 







Ox, . 



Stomach, .... 

 Small intestine, 



Caxurn 



Colon and rectum, . 



Total capacity, . 



0.708 

 0.185 

 0.028 

 0.079 



1.000 



252.50 



66.00 



9.90 



28.00 



356.40 



215.00 



56.00 



8.80 



26.00 



305.80 



290.00 

 76.00 

 11.00 

 30.00 



407.00 



Dromedary, 



Stomach, .... 

 Small intestine, 

 Caecum, .... 

 Colon 



Total capacity, . 



0.810 

 0.131 

 0.011 

 0.048 



1.000 



245.00 



39.50 



3.40 



14.60 



302.50 







Sheep and Goat, 



Rumen, .... 



Reticulum, 



Manyplies, 



Abomasum, 



Small intestine, 



Caecum, . . 



Colon and rectum, . 



Total capacity, . 



0.529 

 0.045 

 0.020 

 0.075 

 0.204 

 0.023 

 0.104 



L000 



23.40 

 2.00 

 0.90 

 3.30 

 9.00 

 1.00 

 4.60 



44.20 







Hog, . . 



Stomach, . . . ■ 



Small intestine, 



Cfecum, 



Colon and rectum, . 



Total capacity, . 



0.292 

 0.335 

 0.056 

 0.317 



1.000 



8.00 

 it 20 

 1.55 

 8.70 



27.45 



7.50 

 8.60 

 1.50 

 6.10 



23.70 



8.50 



9.80 



1.60 



11.30 



31.20 



Cat, . 



Stomach, .... 

 Small intestine, 

 Large intestine, 



Total capacity, . 



0.695 

 0.146 

 0.159 



1.000 



0.341 

 0.114 

 0.124 



0.579 



0.287 

 0.095 

 0.118 



0.500 



0.378 

 0.127 

 0.130 



0.635 



Dog, . . 



Stomach, .... 

 Small intestine, 



Caecum 



Colon and rectum, . 



Total capacity, . 



0.623 

 0.233 

 0.013 

 0.131 



1.000 



4.33 

 1.62 

 0.09 

 0.91 



6.95 



0.65 

 0.25 

 0.01 

 0.07 



1X98 



8.00 

 3.00 

 0.20 



2.20 



13.40 



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