fibre digestion

Where Does Fermentation Take Place In A Horse?

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Where Does Fermentation Take Place In A Horse? The horse is unique in that most of the digestion of their feed occurs in the hindgut through the process of fermentation with the help of billions of naturally occurring bacteria and protozoa (together known as microbes). The cecum and large colon Where does fermentation of fibrous

Do Horses Use VFAs?

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Do Horses Use VFAs? Do horses use VFAs? Volatile fatty acids Do horses produce VFAs? Horses and ponies are adapted to consume high-fibre diets, whereby the microbial fermentation of dietary fibre in the hindgut produces volatile fatty acids (VFA) includ- ing acetate, propionate and butyrate that together contrib- ute a significant proportion of the individual