Question

Describe the procces of digestion in ruminants

Answer 1

The food is swallowed goes into the first and last chamber,the rumen. Here,it is partially digested and is called the cud. It then goes to the second chamber or the reticulum from where it is returned to the mouth for through chewing and mixing with the saliva, the rechewed food is swallowed again. It now bypasses the first two chambers and enters the third and the smallest chamber, the omasum. Here,it is broken down into smaller pieces. The food enters the fourth chamber, the abomasum.Here, a kind of gastric juice(containing an enzyme and hydrochloric acid)is secreted And the process of digestion comes to an end. The digested food now passes into the small intestine. Here, the absorption of the food takes place . The undigested food passes through the large intestine and is egested from the body...☺
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