Digestive Systems

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Across
  1. 1. Number of compartments in a ruminant digestive system
  2. 3. Nutrients that are the building blocks of proteins
  3. 5. Poultry organ that grinds food with stones
  4. 7. Microorganisms that help break down feed in the rumen
  5. 8. swine have this type of digestive system
  6. 13. Type of digestive system with one simple stomach
  7. 15. First and largest compartment of the ruminant stomach
  8. 16. Ball of partially digested food that ruminants rechew
  9. 17. Sac in ruminants that traps foreign objects
Down
  1. 2. Animals like cattle and sheep that chew cud
  2. 4. Feedstuffs high in energy and low in fiber
  3. 6. The process of breaking down feed into simple substances
  4. 9. Type of digestive system found in poultry
  5. 10. Feed that is high in fiber and low in energy
  6. 11. Stomach compartment known as the “true stomach” in ruminants
  7. 12. The storage pouch in birds where food is soaked
  8. 14. Third compartment of the ruminant stomach
  9. 15. cattle have this type of digestive system