[Md. Osman Sheikh]

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[AFOLABI SUNDAY TUNDE]

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[AFOLABI SUNDAY TUNDE]

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[Onu Victor Iko]

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[Md. Osman Sheikh]

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[Md. Osman Sheikh]

Hydrochloric acid, mucus and a digestive enzyme, pepsin, are secreted by specialized cells in the proventriculus and starts the process of breaking down the structure of the food material.

[Jagadeshkumar P]

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[Md. Osman Sheikh]

The food trickles from the crop into the bird’s stomach (proventriculus or gizzard) where digestive enzymes are added to the mix and physical grinding of the food occurs.

[Bello Bashir]

Chickens don’t have teeth, so the gizzard grinds food into smaller pieces. They also don’t urinate, so their urinary waste is mixed with digestive waste at the cloaca

[Bello Bashir]

Beak

Crop

Proventriculus

Gizzard

Small intestines

Ceca

Large intestine

Cloaca

[Bello Bashir]

Chickens digest food in a series of steps that involve the following parts of their digestive system: