describe the digestive system of a ruminant?
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Ruminant stomachs have four compartments: the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum and the abomasum. Rumen microbes ferment feed and produce volatile fatty acids, which is the cow's main energy source. ... In calves, the esophageal grooves allows milk to bypass the rumen and directly enter the abomasum
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Ruminant stomachs have four compartments: the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum and the abomasum. Rumen microbes ferment feed and produce volatile fatty acids, which is the cow's main energy source. ... In calves, the esophageal grooves allows milk to bypass the rumen and directly enter the abomasum.
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