Question

Why is the peeled skin of plantain given to the goat, and mot to the cat or hens?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Cellulose Digestion

Explanation:

• The peeled skin of the plantain is rich in cellulose and given to the goat but not to the cat or hen because a goat, a ruminant, has the ability to digest the cellulose present in the peeled skin. On the other hand, a cat or hen has little or altogether no ability to digest the cellulose.
• Ruminants can digest cellulose because they have 4 chambered stomach that is inhabited by the suitable symbiotic bacteria that help the organism to digest cellulose by breaking the beta-acetyl linkage present in cellulose.
• On the other hand cat and hen has short gut in comparison to ruminants and they don't have any bacteria for cellulose digestion.
• Also, for them, cellulose is not digestible, and thus it provides 0 calorie value to cats or hen and thus, it is of no use to cat or hens.