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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

BIRDS: Chicken

Leghorn chicken (photo from Poultry Health Management, Veterinary College, NCSU)    (from CD Chapter 2)



Figure 5.5.  Chicken (Gallus domesticus) digestive tract (Stevens & Hume 1995)   (from CD Chapter 5)


Table 8.2.   (from CD Chapter 8)



Table 8.10.   (from CD Chapter 8)

Enzyme activities expressed as the equivalent amount of bovine trypsin (casein or BAEE) or chymotrypsin (BTEE) under the same conditions. *A: 200-1,200 g RNase per gram pancreatic tissue; B: 20-100 g per gram pancreatic tissue; C: 0-20 µg RNase per gram pancreatic tissue. (from Vonk and Western 1984)


Table 8.11.   (from CD Chapter 8)

0, no absorption or transfer; + to +++, degrees of absorption or transfer. (from Brambell 1970)


Table 9.4.  (from CD Chapter 9)



Table 11.3.   (from CD Chapter 11)

Abbreviations: SOM, somatostatin; APP, avian pancreatic polypeptide; PYY, polypeptide YY; GLUC, glucagon; SEC, secretin; VIP, vasocative intestinal peptide; GAS, gastrin; CCK, cholecystokinin; NT, neurotensin; BN, bombesin; SP, substance P; ENK, leu-enkephaline; MOT, motilin; 5-HT, serotonin.  PYY data (El-Salhy et al. 1982, recently hatched chicks), ENK data (Alumnets et al. 1978, chickens), 5-HT data (unpublished observations, chicks at hatching), CCK duodenum data (Larrson and Rehfeld 1977, chickens), All other data (Rawdon and Andrew 1981, chicks at hatching). (from Rawdon 1984)