Name different steps involved in animal nutrition. Explain. - Vidyadip

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Name different steps involved in animal nutrition. Explain.

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The steps involved in animal nutrition are:

Ingestion - It means taking solid or liquid food inside the body.
Digestion - It is the breaking down of complex insoluble food components into simple soluble substances.
Absorption - It is the process by which soluble soluble digested food passes from alimentary canal into blood and lymph through intestinal villi.
Assimilation - Utilization of absorbed food by different body cells is called assimilation.
Egestion - Elimination of undigested food as faeces is called egestion.

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