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Topic:Digestive Tract

The digestive tract in horses is a complex system responsible for the breakdown and absorption of nutrients essential for maintaining equine health. It includes several key components: the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, cecum, large colon, small colon, and rectum. Each segment of the digestive tract performs specific functions, from the mechanical breakdown of feed to the enzymatic digestion and absorption of nutrients. The horse's digestive system is uniquely adapted to process fibrous plant material, relying heavily on microbial fermentation, particularly in the hindgut. This page compiles peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that explore the anatomy, physiology, and function of the equine digestive tract, as well as common disorders and their management.
Digestion coefficients, blood glucose levels and molar percentage of volatile acids in intestinal fluid of ponies fed varying forage-grain ratios.
Journal of animal science    November 1, 1971   Volume 33, Issue 5 992-995 doi: 10.2527/jas1971.335992x
Hintz HF, Argenzio RA, Schryver HF.No abstract available
Ammonia in the large intestine of herbivores.
The British journal of nutrition    September 1, 1971   Volume 26, Issue 2 135-145 doi: 10.1079/bjn19710020
Hecker JF.No abstract available
Digestion and absorption of 15N-labelled microbial protein in the large intestine of the horse.
The British veterinary journal    May 1, 1971   Volume 127, Issue 5 11-13 doi: 10.1016/s0007-1935(17)37583-8
Slade LM, Bishop R, Morris JG, Robinson DW.No abstract available
Organic anions in fecal contents.
The New England journal of medicine    February 11, 1971   Volume 284, Issue 6 329-330 doi: 10.1056/NEJM197102112840612
Fordtran JS.No abstract available
Apparent digestion in various segments of the digestive tract of ponies fed diets with varying roughage-grain ratios.
Journal of animal science    February 1, 1971   Volume 32, Issue 2 245-248 doi: 10.2527/jas1971.322245x
Hintz HF, Hogue DE, Walker EF, Lowe JE, Schryver HF.Eleven ponies were fed diets containing 1:0, 3:2 or 1:4 forage-grain ratios for 30 days. Animals were killed 4 hr. after feeding and the entire digestive tracts were removed and segments isolated. Digestion coefficients were calculated for dry matter, protein, available carbohydrate (ACHO) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) by Cr2O3-nutrient ratio for seven segments of the gut. The major site of ACHO and protein digestion was prececal; whereas, the major sites of NDF digestion were the colon and cecum regardless of the hay:grain ratio. Therefore the relative importance of digestion in the lo...
Antiperistaltic small colon segments in the horse.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association    November 15, 1970   Volume 157, Issue 10 1313 
Mansmann RA, Gourley IM.No abstract available
[Nutritional physiology of the horse. 3. Protein values in the gastrointestinal tract of slaughtered horses].
Zeitschrift fur Tierphysiologie, Tierernahrung und Futtermittelkunde    August 1, 1970   Volume 26, Issue 5 245-252 
Altmann HJ, Hertel J, Drepper K.No abstract available
[Nutritional physiology studies of the horse. II. Raw nutrient studies of the gastrointestinal tract of slaughtered horses].
Zeitschrift fur Tierphysiologie, Tierernahrung und Futtermittelkunde    April 1, 1970   Volume 26, Issue 3 169-174 
Hertel J, Altmann HJ, Drepper K.No abstract available
Multiple fistulation of the equine large intestine.
Journal of animal science    December 1, 1969   Volume 29, Issue 6 916-920 doi: 10.2527/jas1969.296916x
Baker JP, Sutton HH, Crawford BH, Lieb S.No abstract available
Pancreatic secretion in the horse.
The Journal of physiology    September 1, 1969   Volume 204, Issue 1 10P-11P 
Comline RS, Hall LW, Hickson JC, Murillo A, Walker RG.No abstract available
Nitrogen digestion in different segments of the equine digestive tract.
Journal of animal science    August 1, 1969   Volume 29, Issue 2 332-334 doi: 10.2527/jas1969.292332x
Reitnour CM, Baker JP, Mitchell GE, Little CO.No abstract available
Composition of a complete purified equine diet.
The Journal of nutrition    July 1, 1969   Volume 98, Issue 3 330-334 doi: 10.1093/jn/98.3.330
Stowe HD.No abstract available
Comparison of digestion in horses, ponies, rabbits and guinea pigs.
Journal of animal science    June 1, 1969   Volume 28, Issue 6 842-843 doi: 10.2527/jas1969.286842x
Slade LM, Hintz HF.A comparative digestion trial was conducted between horses, ponies, rabbits and guinea pigs. Alfalfa and alfalfa-grain diets were compared. Although there was a trend for ponies to be more efficient than horses in digesting proximate principles of both diets, differences were not significant. Digestibility coefficients for crude fiber and energy were lowest in rabbits. The digestion of nitrogen-free extract (NFE) was greatest in guinea pigs, whereas digestion of crude protein was lowest. Horses, ponies and rabbits digested organic matter, NFE and energy in the mixed ration more efficient...
Partitioning the nutrients of forage for horses.
Journal of animal science    May 1, 1969   Volume 28, Issue 5 624-633 doi: 10.2527/jas1969.285624x
Fonnesbeck PV.No abstract available
Review article: equine nutrition. Comparisons of digestion coefficents obtained with cattle, sheep, rabbits and horses.
The Veterinarian    April 1, 1969   Volume 6, Issue 1 45-51 
Hintz HF.No abstract available
[Effect of neurohormones on motor function of the digestive tract in domestic animals].
Acta physiologica Polonica    March 1, 1968   Volume 19, Issue 2 225-236 
Nagórna-Stasiak B.No abstract available
Phyto-trichobezoars in the cecum of horses in the Northern Territory.
Australian veterinary journal    February 1, 1968   Volume 44, Issue 2 81-82 doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1968.tb04970.x
Maconochie JR, Newman IM, Newton-Tabrett D.No abstract available
Rate of passage of various feedstuffs through the digestive tract of horses.
Journal of animal science    November 1, 1967   Volume 26, Issue 6 1309-1311 doi: 10.2527/jas1967.2661309x
Vander Noot GW, Symons LD, Lydman RK, Fonnesbeck PV.No abstract available
Digestibility of the proximate nutrients of forage by horses.
Journal of animal science    September 1, 1967   Volume 26, Issue 5 1039-1045 doi: 10.2527/jas1967.2651039x
Fonnesbeck PV, Lydman RK, Vander Noot GW, Symons LD.No abstract available
[Tissue antigens of the digestive tract in man and animals. II. Antigens of the colon].
Pathologie et biologie    April 1, 1967   Volume 15, Issue 7 359-367 
Zweibaum A, Halpern B, Veyre C, Oriol-Palou R.No abstract available
[Role of the Digestive Flora in the Production of Vitamins in Monogastric and Polygastric Animals].
Annales de la nutrition et de l\'alimentation    January 1, 1964   Volume 18 C187-C265 
RERAT A.No abstract available
Production and fermentation of lactate by bacteria in the alimentary canal of the horse and pig.
Journal of comparative pathology    January 1, 1963   Volume 73 1-8 doi: 10.1016/s0368-1742(63)80001-6
ALEXANDER F, DAVIES ME.No abstract available
[Studies on the cecal contents in horses].
Acta physiologica Polonica    September 1, 1960   Volume 11 714 
GUTOWSKI B, KOZNIEWSKI S, TEMLER A, BAREJ W, KULASEK G.No abstract available
[Determination of the rate of passage of the gastrointestinal contents in horses with permanent cecal fistulae].
Acta physiologica Polonica    September 1, 1960   Volume 11 787-788 
KOZNIEWSKI S.No abstract available
[Studies on pancreatic and bile secretion with the aid of chronic fistula in horses].
Biulleten' eksperimental'noi biologii i meditsiny    July 1, 1958   Volume 46, Issue 7 107-110 
KURILOV NV, OBUKHOV BM.No abstract available
Enzymes in the ileal juice of the horse.
Nature    January 18, 1958   Volume 181, Issue 4603 190 doi: 10.1038/181190a0
ALEXANDER F, CHOWDHURY AK.No abstract available
Occurrence of trans-unsaturated fatty acids in horse faeces.
Nature    November 10, 1956   Volume 178, Issue 4541 1057-1058 doi: 10.1038/1781057b0
HARTMAN L, SHORLAND FB.No abstract available
[Reactions to chemical mediators of the isolated longitudinal and circular muscular layers of the duodenum of the horse].
Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des sciences    April 4, 1955   Volume 240, Issue 14 1575-1577 
AUGEREAU P, DONTCHEFF L.No abstract available
[Quantitative studies on acidophil bacteria in the intestines in horses].
Mikrobiologiia    July 1, 1954   Volume 23, Issue 4 474-476 
ULENDEEV AI.No abstract available
The goblet cells of the large colon of the horse.
Journal of comparative pathology    April 1, 1954   Volume 64, Issue 2 97-101 doi: 10.1016/s0368-1742(54)80012-9
MORRIS PG.No abstract available