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  2. Animal fiber - Wikipedia

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    Animal fibers are natural fibers that consist largely of certain proteins. Examples include silk, hair/fur (including wool) and feathers. The animal fibers used most commonly both in the manufacturing world as well as by the hand spinners are wool from domestic sheep and silk. Also very popular are alpaca fiber and mohair from Angora goats.

  3. Animal nutrition - Wikipedia

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    For example, salt provides sodium and chloride, both essential nutrients, but will cause illness or even death in too large amounts. Dietary fibre is a carbohydrate (polysaccharide or oligosaccharide) that is incompletely absorbed in some animals.

  4. Natural fiber - Wikipedia

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    Animal fibers generally comprise proteins such as collagen, keratin and fibroin; examples include silk, sinew, wool, catgut, angora, mohair and alpaca.. Animal hair (wool or hairs): Fiber or wool taken from animals or hairy mammals. e.g. sheep's wool, goat hair (cashmere, mohair), alpaca hair, horse hair, etc.

  5. Connective tissue - Wikipedia

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    Blood and lymph are classed as specialized fluid connective tissues that do not contain fiber. [2] [3] All are immersed in the body water. The cells of connective tissue include fibroblasts, adipocytes, macrophages, mast cells and leukocytes. The term "connective tissue" (in German, Bindegewebe) was introduced in 1830 by Johannes Peter Müller ...

  6. Dietary fiber - Wikipedia

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    Dietary fiber is defined to be plant components that are not broken down by human digestive enzymes. [1] In the late 20th century, only lignin and some polysaccharides were known to satisfy this definition, but in the early 21st century, resistant starch and oligosaccharides were included as dietary fiber components.

  7. Monogastric - Wikipedia

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    Examples of monogastric omnivores include humans, pigs, hamsters and rats. Furthermore, there are monogastric carnivores such as cats . [ 1 ] A monogastric organism is contrasted with ruminant organisms (which have four-chambered complex stomachs), such as cattle , goats , and sheep .

  8. A daily fibre supplement could help improve brain function in over 60-year-olds in just 12 weeks, new research suggests. The study showed that the simple and cheap addition of prebiotics – plant ...

  9. Wool - Wikipedia

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    Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. [1] The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have some properties similar to animal wool. As an animal fiber, wool consists of protein together with a small percentage of lipids. This makes ...