Advanced Physiology of Digestive System
3 Credits; Lecture based, Instructor: Dr. A. Riasi (email: ariasi@cc.iut.ac.ir)
Students will be exposed to learn macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of ruminant’s digestive tract; salivation (receptors, salivary glands and control of salivation); mastication; rumen and reticulum properties (characteristics of the preruminant stomach, structure, development and control of forestomach motility, blood circulation, receptors, attempts to control ruminoreticulum fermentation, events associated with eructation, absorption, urea recycling); omasal motility, properties of abomasum (glands and secretions, abomsal motility), small intestine (wall layers, neuronal network, blood circulation, movements control, transport systems in the epithelia, entrogastric inhibitory reflex, discussion on recent original papers
Recommended Textbooks
Dock’s Physiology of Domestic Animals, W.O. Reece et al., Wiley Blackwell Publishing Co. 2015.
Ruminant Physiology, K. Sejrsen, T. Hvelplund and M. O. Nielsen, Wageningen Academic Pub., 2006
Ruminant Physiology, P. Cronjé, E. A. Boomker, CABI Pub., 2000
Farm Animal Metabolism and Nutrition, J. P. Felix D'Mello, CABI Pub., 2000