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Hindgut fermenters are evolved to eat a herbivorous diet. Such a diet includes large quantities of insoluble plant carbohydrates, such as cellulose. Mammals cannot digest these insoluble carbohydrates as they lack the essential enzymes, such as cellulase. However it is important that they do digest these carbohydrates as there is insufficient quantity of soluble carbohydrates in plant material. Some microbes do have the enzymes to digest these insoluble carbohydrates and so hindgut fermenters hold a symbiotic relationship with these microbes. Hindgut fermenters have anatomical adaptations to allow for an expanded microbial population. The products of fermentation are [[Acidos Grasos Volátiles|ácidos grasos volátiles]]. It is important to supply a source of fibre in their diet as it stimulates peristalsis in the gut and prevents a build up of gas.

Hindgut fermenters are evolved to eat a herbivorous diet. Such a diet includes large quantities of insoluble plant carbohydrates, such as cellulose. Mammals cannot digest these insoluble carbohydrates as they lack the essential enzymes, such as cellulase. However it is important that they do digest these carbohydrates as there is insufficient quantity of soluble carbohydrates in plant material. Some microbes do have the enzymes to digest these insoluble carbohydrates and so hindgut fermenters hold a symbiotic relationship with these microbes. Hindgut fermenters have anatomical adaptations to allow for an expanded microbial population. The products of fermentation are [[Acidos Grasos Volátiles|ácidos grasos volátiles]]. It is important to supply a source of fibre in their diet as it stimulates peristalsis in the gut and prevents a build up of gas.

==Estructura de Celulosa==

==Estructura de la Celulosa==

[[Image:cellulose.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cellulose - © RVC 2008]]

[[Image:cellulose.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cellulose - © RVC 2008]]